The Development of Cortical Responses to the Integration of Audiovisual Speech in Infancy.

Autor: Dopierała AAW; Faculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland. Aleksandra.dopierala@psych.uw.edu.pl.; Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. Aleksandra.dopierala@psych.uw.edu.pl., Pérez DL; Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland., Mercure E; Goldsmiths, University of London, London, UK., Pluta A; Faculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.; University of Westminister, London, UK., Malinowska-Korczak A; Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland., Evans S; Kings College London, London, UK.; University of Westminister, London, UK., Wolak T; Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, Bioimaging Research Center, World Hearing Centre, Warsaw, Poland., Tomalski P; Faculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland. ptomalski@psych.pan.pl.; Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland. ptomalski@psych.pan.pl.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Brain topography [Brain Topogr] 2023 Jul; Vol. 36 (4), pp. 459-475. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 May 12.
DOI: 10.1007/s10548-023-00959-8
Abstrakt: In adults, the integration of audiovisual speech elicits specific higher (super-additive) or lower (sub-additive) cortical responses when compared to the responses to unisensory stimuli. Although there is evidence that the fronto-temporal network is active during perception of audiovisual speech in infancy, the development of fronto-temporal responses to audiovisual integration remains unknown. In the current study, 5-month-olds and 10-month-olds watched bimodal (audiovisual) and alternating unimodal (auditory + visual) syllables. In this context we use alternating unimodal to denote alternating auditory and visual syllables that are perceived as separate syllables by adults. Using fNIRS we measured responses over large cortical areas including the inferior frontal and superior temporal regions. We identified channels showing different responses to bimodal than alternating unimodal condition and used multivariate pattern analysis (MVPA) to decode patterns of cortical responses to bimodal (audiovisual) and alternating unimodal (auditory + visual) speech. Results showed that in both age groups integration elicits cortical responses consistent with both super- and sub-additive responses in the fronto-temporal cortex. The univariate analyses revealed that between 5 and 10 months spatial distribution of these responses becomes increasingly focal. MVPA correctly classified responses at 5 months, with key input from channels located in the inferior frontal and superior temporal channels of the right hemisphere. However, MVPA classification was not successful at 10 months, suggesting a potential cortical re-organisation of audiovisual speech perception at this age. These results show the complex and non-gradual development of the cortical responses to integration of congruent audiovisual speech in infancy.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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