title: An ERP study of visual change detection: effects of magnitude of spatial frequency changes on the change-related posterior positivity.
abstract: In event-related brain potential (ERP) studies using a visual S1-S2 matching task, change stimuli elicit a posterior positivity at around 100-200 ms. In the present study, we investigated the effects of magnitude of spatial frequency changes on change-related positivity. Each trial consisted of two sequentially presented stimuli (S1-S2), where S2 was either (1) the same as S1 (i.e., NO-change, p=.40), (2) different from S1 in spatial frequency only (SF-change, .40), (3) different in orientation only (OR-change, .10), or (4) different in both spatial frequency and orientation (BOTH-change, .10). Further, three magnitude conditions (Large, Medium, and Small) were used to examine the effect of the magnitude of the spatial frequency change. Participant's (N=12) task was to respond to S2 with a change in orientation (from vertical to horizontal, or from horizontal to vertical) regardless of the spatial frequency of the stimulus. Changes in the spatial frequency elicited change-related positivity at a latency range of about 120-180 ms, which was followed by a central negativity (N270) and a late positive component (LPC). The amplitude of the change-related positivity tends to be enhanced as the magnitude of the change is increased. These results support the notion that the change-related positivity reflects memory-based change detection in the human visual system.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Education, Hokkaido University, Kita-11 Nishi-7, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0811, Japan. m-kimura@edu.hokudai.ac.jp
authors.forename: Motohiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: Jun'ichi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Katayama
authors.forename: Harumitsu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Murohashi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D001931:Brain Mapping; D004192:Discrimination, Psychological / Q000502:physiology*; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000379:methods; D005074:Evoked Potentials, Visual / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology; D009949:Orientation / Q000502:physiology; D010775:Photic Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology; D013997:Time Factors; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*