title: A temporal predictive code for voice motor control: Evidence from ERP and behavioral responses to pitch-shifted auditory feedback.
abstract: The predictive coding model suggests that voice motor control is regulated by a process in which the mismatch (error) between feedforward predictions and sensory feedback is detected and used to correct vocal motor behavior. In this study, we investigated how predictions about timing of pitch perturbations in voice auditory feedback would modulate ERP and behavioral responses during vocal production. We designed six counterbalanced blocks in which a +100 cents pitch-shift stimulus perturbed voice auditory feedback during vowel sound vocalizations. In three blocks, there was a fixed delay (500, 750 or 1000 ms) between voice and pitch-shift stimulus onset (predictable), whereas in the other three blocks, stimulus onset delay was randomized between 500, 750 and 1000 ms (unpredictable). We found that subjects produced compensatory (opposing) vocal responses that started at 80 ms after the onset of the unpredictable stimuli. However, for predictable stimuli, subjects initiated vocal responses at 20 ms before and followed the direction of pitch shifts in voice feedback. Analysis of ERPs showed that the amplitudes of the N1 and P2 components were significantly reduced in response to predictable compared with unpredictable stimuli. These findings indicate that predictions about temporal features of sensory feedback can modulate vocal motor behavior. In the context of the predictive coding model, temporally-predictable stimuli are learned and reinforced by the internal feedforward system, and as indexed by the ERP suppression, the sensory feedback contribution is reduced for their processing. These findings provide new insights into the neural mechanisms of vocal production and motor control.
authors.affiliation: Speech Neuroscience Lab, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of South Carolina, United States. Electronic address: r-behroozmand@sc.edu.
authors.forename: Roozbeh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Behroozmand
authors.affiliation: Speech Neuroscience Lab, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of South Carolina, United States.
authors.forename: Stacey
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sangtian
authors.affiliation: Speech Physiology Lab, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Northwestern University, United States.
authors.forename: Oleg
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Korzyukov
authors.affiliation: Speech Physiology Lab, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Northwestern University, United States.
authors.forename: Charles R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Larson
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000293:Adolescent; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D001931:Brain Mapping; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005072:Evoked Potentials, Auditory / Q000502:physiology*; D056228:Feedback, Sensory / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010898:Pitch Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011571:Psychoacoustics; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014831:Voice; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Auditory feedback; Event-related potential; Internal forward model; Pitch-shift stimulus; Predictive code; Voice motor control
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