A1 Journal article (refereed)
Somatosensory Deviance Detection ERPs and Their Relationship to Analogous Auditory ERPs and Interoceptive Accuracy (2022)

Kangas, E. S., Vuoriainen, E., Li, X., Lyyra, P., & Astikainen, P. (2022). Somatosensory Deviance Detection ERPs and Their Relationship to Analogous Auditory ERPs and Interoceptive Accuracy. Journal of Psychophysiology, 36(3), 135-155. https://doi.org/10.1027/0269-8803/a000288

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Publication details

All authors or editors: Kangas, Elina S.; Vuoriainen, Elisa; Li, Xueqiao; Lyyra, Pessi; Astikainen, Piia

Journal or series: Journal of Psychophysiology

ISSN: 0269-8803

eISSN: 2151-2124

Publication year: 2022

Publication date: 25/08/2021

Volume: 36

Issue number: 3

Pages range: 135-155

Publisher: Hogrefe Publishing Group

Publication country: United States

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1027/0269-8803/a000288

Publication open access: Not open

Publication channel open access: Channel is not openly available

Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/78615

Abstract

Automatic deviance detection has been widely explored in terms of mismatch responses (mismatch negativity or mismatch response) and P3a components of event-related potentials (ERPs) under a predictive coding framework; however, the somatosensory mismatch response has been investigated less often regarding the different types of changes than its auditory counterpart. It is not known whether the deviance detection responses from different modalities correlate, reflecting a general prediction error mechanism of the central nervous system. Furthermore, interoceptive functions have been associated with predictive coding theory, but whether interoceptive accuracy correlates with deviance detection brain responses has rarely been investigated. Here, we measured ERPs to changes in somatosensory stimuli’s location and intensity and in sound intensity in healthy adults (n = 34). Interoceptive accuracy was measured with a heartbeat discrimination task, where participants indicated whether their heartbeats were simultaneous or non-simultaneous with sound stimuli. We found a mismatch response and a P3a response to somatosensory location and auditory intensity changes, but for somatosensory intensity changes, only a P3a response was found. Unexpectedly, there were neither correlations between the somatosensory location deviance and intensity deviance brain responses nor between auditory and somatosensory brain responses. In addition, the brain responses did not correlate with interoceptive accuracy. The results suggest that although deviance detection in the auditory and somatosensory modalities are likely based on similar neural mechanisms at a cellular level, their ERP indexes do not indicate a linear association in sensitivity for deviance detection between the modalities. Furthermore, although sensory deviance detection and interoceptive detection are both associated with predictive coding functions, under these experimental settings, functional relationships were not observed. These results should be taken into account in the future development of theories related to human sensory functions and in extensions of the predictive coding theory in particular.

Keywords: senses; sense of hearing; auditory perceptions; perception (activity); brain; cognitive neuroscience

Free keywords: auditory; deviance detection; event-related potentials; interoceptive accuracy; somatosensory

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Ministry reporting: Yes

Reporting Year: 2022

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