title: Emotion and the auditory brainstem response to speech.
abstract: Effects of emotion have been reported as early as 20 ms after an auditory stimulus onset for negative valence, and bivalent effects between 30 and 130 ms. To understand how emotional state influences the listener's brainstem evoked responses to speech, subjects looked at emotion-evoking pictures while listening to an unchanging auditory stimulus (danny). The pictures (positive, negative, or neutral valence) were selected from the IAPS database and controlled for dominance and arousal. Utilizing an array of measurements to assess subcortical modulation, we have found that emotion does not substantially alter brainstem alter although there is a subtle effect of background noise suppression in both emotional conditions.
authors.affiliation: Auditory Neuroscience Laboratory, Northwestern University, 2240 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208, USA. jadewang@u.northwestern.edu
authors.forename: Jade Q
authors.initials: JQ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Trent
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nicol
authors.forename: Erika
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Skoe
authors.forename: Mikko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sams
authors.forename: Nina
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kraus
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000328:Adult; D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000502:physiology*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology*; D016057:Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D013997:Time Factors; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology; D055815:Young Adult