Dynamics of SCR, EEG, and ERP activity in an oddball paradigm with short interstimulus intervals

Author(s): Gordon, E., Rennie, C., Wright, J. J., Behramali, H., Li, W. M., Clouston, P., Morris, J. G. L.

Journal/Book: Psychophysiology. 1999; 36: 40 West 20Th Street, New York, NY 10011-4211, USA. Cambridge Univ Press. 543-551.

Abstract: Studies of concurrent central, and autonomic activity using a conventional event-related potential (ERP) oddball paradigms, are considered useful in elucidating the relationship between central and autonomic responses, but the autonomic response tends to overlap. A new method was used to decompose and score overlapping skin conductance responses (SCR). This method enabled examination of dynamic relationships of phasic SCR, prestimulus electroencephalogram (EEG), and ERP to auditory target stimuli in 50 normal adults. SCR amplitude was negatively correlated to EEG and N200 amplitude. The SCR amplitude changes over time exhibited an exponential decline opposite to those of N200, alpha, and beta. All the fitted exponential functions had a time constant of 1-2 min. The findings suggest that a N200 component, active in the auditory sensory discrimination, is concomitant with the SCR. The narrow range of the time constant may provide a clue to the conjoint processes underlying central and autonomic adaptive functions.

Note: Article Lim CL, Westmead Hosp, Dept Neurol, Westmead, NSW 2145, AUSTRALIA

Keyword(s): EEG; N2b; SCR; electrodermal activity; orienting reflex; time constant; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS; AUDITORY EVOKED-POTENTIALS; SKIN-CONDUCTANCE; ORIENTING RESPONSE; DESYNCHRONIZATION; ATTENTION; N2; SCHIZOPHRENIA; RECOGNITION; COMPONENTS

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