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Attentive novelty detection in humans is governed by pre-attentive sensory memory
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Being able to detect unusual, possibly dangerous events in the environment is a fundamental ability that helps ensure the survival of biological organisms. Novelty detection requires a memory system that models (builds neural representations of) events in the environment, so that changes are detected because they violate the predictions of the model. The earliest physiologically measurable brain response to novel auditory stimuli is the mismatch negativity, MMN, a component of the event-related potential. It is elicited when a predictable series of unvarying stimuli is unexpectedly followed by a deviating stimulus. As the occurrence of MMN is not usually affected by the direction of attention, MMN reflects the operation of automatic sensory (echoic) memory, the earliest memory system that builds traces of the acoustic environment against which new stimuli can be compared. The dependence of attentive novelty detection on earlier, pre-attentive processes, however, has remained elusive. Previous, related studies seem to suggest a relationship between MMN and attentive processes, although no conclusive evidence has so far been shown. Here we address novelty detection in humans both on a physiological and behavioural level, and show how attentive novelty detection is governed by a pre-attentive sensory memory mechanism.
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“In the sensory memory hypothesis, the memory of auditory stimuli is formed in the auditory cortex, and MMN is elicited by comparison between standard and deviant stimuli.”
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- Authors
- Tiitinen, H., May, P., Reinikainen, K., & Näätänen, R.
- Affiliations
- University of Helsinki (FI)
- ORCID
- May, P.
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 1994-11
- Volume
- 372
- Issue
- 6501
- Pages
- 90-92
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- OpenAlex
- W2102614139
- Cited by
- 637
- References
- 20
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- FWCI
- 6.01
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Nature (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Music Perception
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural dynamics and brain function
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Sensory Systems › Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics
- Keywords
- novelty detection, mismatch negativity, echoic memory, attention, sound event detection, event-related potentials, automatic memory, prediction violation
- MeSH terms
- Acoustic Stimulation, Adult, Attention, Auditory Cortex, Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Female, Humans, Male, Memory, Reaction Time, Magnetoencephalography
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