40 Hz studies

Selective attention enhances the auditory 40-Hz transient response in humans

Tiitinen, H., Sinkkonen, J., Reinikainen, K., Alho, K., Lavikainen, J., Naatanen, R.

Macmillan Publishing Ltd. Nature / Zoology and wildlife conservation

ISSN: 0028-0836

Year: 1993

Abstract

An examination of the effect of selective attention on the auditory gamma-band (40 hertz) transient response shows that there is a physiological correlate of selective attention in the 40-Hz transient response in human beings. The experimental subjects listened to tone pips presented in one ear and ignored a concurrent sequence of tone pips in the other ear. The response to sound in the frequency of 40 hertz was greater when the subjects paid attention to stimuli.

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