P300 and probability: Comparison of oddball and single-stimulus paradigms

Author(s): Margala, C.

Journal/Book: Int J Psychophysiol. 1997; 25: PO Box 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, Netherlands. Elsevier Science BV. 169-176.

Abstract: The P300 event-related brain potential (ERP) was elicited with auditory stimuli in two different tasks. The oddball paradigm presented both target and standard stimuli; the single-stimulus paradigm presented a target but no standard tone stimulus, with the inter-target interval the same as that for the oddball condition. Target stimulus probability was manipulated in the oddball task in different conditions (0.10, 0.30, 0.50, 0.70, 0.90). The single-stimulus paradigm employed the same procedures such that the inter-target interval was identical as that for the oddball condition across changes in probability. P300 amplitude and latency were similar for both the oddball and single-stimulus procedures across probability levels. Correlations between the P300 values from each task mimicked those from test-retest comparisons for the oddball paradigm. The findings suggest that P300 from the single-stimulus paradigm responds to target stimulus probability in the same fashion as the traditional oddball. The implications of the single-stimulus technique are discussed in terms of applied contexts that require very simple ERP task conditions.

Note: Article Polich J, Scripps Clin, Res Inst, Dept Neuropharmacol, 10550 N Torrey Pines Rd, La Jolla,CA 92037 USA

Keyword(s): event-related potential; P300; probability; single-stimulus paradigm; AUDITORY EVOKED-POTENTIALS; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS; REACTION-TIME; LATENCY; TASK; SEQUENCE; PERFORMANCE; INTERVAL; AGE; DETERMINANTS

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