title: Coherent activity between auditory and visual modalities during the induction of peacefulness.
abstract: Multisensory integration involves combining information from different senses to create a perception. The diverse characteristics of different sensory systems make it interesting to determine how cooperation and competition contribute to emotional experiences. Therefore, the aim of this study were to estimate the bias from the match attributes of the auditory and visual modalities and to depict specific brain activity frequency (theta, alpha, beta, and gamma) patterns related to a peaceful mood by using magnetoencephalography. The present study provides evidence of auditory domination in perceptual bias during multimodality processing of peaceful consciousness. Coherence analysis suggested that the theta oscillations are a transmitter of emotion signals, with the left and right brains being active in peaceful and fearful moods, respectively. Notably, hemispheric lateralization was also apparent in the alpha and beta oscillations, which might govern simple or pure information (e.g. from single modality) in the right brain but complex or mixed information (e.g. from multiple modalities) in the left brain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Ming-Chuan University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chia-Yen
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Institute of Neuroscience, National Yang-Ming University, 155 Section 2 Li-Nong Street, Shih-Pai, Peitou, Taipei, 112 Taiwan.
authors.forename: Ching-Po
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Lin
keywords: Audiovisual modality; Coherence; Dominance; Magnetoencephalography