Dynamic large-scale connectivity of intrinsic cortical oscillations supports adaptive listening in challenging conditions.

In multi-talker situations, individuals adapt behaviorally to this listening challenge mostly with ease, but how do brain neural networks shape this adaptation? We here establish a long-sought link between large-scale neural communications in electrophysiology and behavioral success in the control o...

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Autores principales: Mohsen Alavash, Sarah Tune, Jonas Obleser
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:02b684c3097c426ab4d40160bb2786492021-11-25T05:34:16ZDynamic large-scale connectivity of intrinsic cortical oscillations supports adaptive listening in challenging conditions.1544-91731545-788510.1371/journal.pbio.3001410https://doaj.org/article/02b684c3097c426ab4d40160bb2786492021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001410https://doaj.org/toc/1544-9173https://doaj.org/toc/1545-7885In multi-talker situations, individuals adapt behaviorally to this listening challenge mostly with ease, but how do brain neural networks shape this adaptation? We here establish a long-sought link between large-scale neural communications in electrophysiology and behavioral success in the control of attention in difficult listening situations. In an age-varying sample of N = 154 individuals, we find that connectivity between intrinsic neural oscillations extracted from source-reconstructed electroencephalography is regulated according to the listener's goal during a challenging dual-talker task. These dynamics occur as spatially organized modulations in power-envelope correlations of alpha and low-beta neural oscillations during approximately 2-s intervals most critical for listening behavior relative to resting-state baseline. First, left frontoparietal low-beta connectivity (16 to 24 Hz) increased during anticipation and processing of a spatial-attention cue before speech presentation. Second, posterior alpha connectivity (7 to 11 Hz) decreased during comprehension of competing speech, particularly around target-word presentation. Connectivity dynamics of these networks were predictive of individual differences in the speed and accuracy of target-word identification, respectively, but proved unconfounded by changes in neural oscillatory activity strength. Successful adaptation to a listening challenge thus latches onto two distinct yet complementary neural systems: a beta-tuned frontoparietal network enabling the flexible adaptation to attentive listening state and an alpha-tuned posterior network supporting attention to speech.Mohsen AlavashSarah TuneJonas ObleserPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleBiology (General)QH301-705.5ENPLoS Biology, Vol 19, Iss 10, p e3001410 (2021)
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Mohsen Alavash
Sarah Tune
Jonas Obleser
Dynamic large-scale connectivity of intrinsic cortical oscillations supports adaptive listening in challenging conditions.
description In multi-talker situations, individuals adapt behaviorally to this listening challenge mostly with ease, but how do brain neural networks shape this adaptation? We here establish a long-sought link between large-scale neural communications in electrophysiology and behavioral success in the control of attention in difficult listening situations. In an age-varying sample of N = 154 individuals, we find that connectivity between intrinsic neural oscillations extracted from source-reconstructed electroencephalography is regulated according to the listener's goal during a challenging dual-talker task. These dynamics occur as spatially organized modulations in power-envelope correlations of alpha and low-beta neural oscillations during approximately 2-s intervals most critical for listening behavior relative to resting-state baseline. First, left frontoparietal low-beta connectivity (16 to 24 Hz) increased during anticipation and processing of a spatial-attention cue before speech presentation. Second, posterior alpha connectivity (7 to 11 Hz) decreased during comprehension of competing speech, particularly around target-word presentation. Connectivity dynamics of these networks were predictive of individual differences in the speed and accuracy of target-word identification, respectively, but proved unconfounded by changes in neural oscillatory activity strength. Successful adaptation to a listening challenge thus latches onto two distinct yet complementary neural systems: a beta-tuned frontoparietal network enabling the flexible adaptation to attentive listening state and an alpha-tuned posterior network supporting attention to speech.
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author Mohsen Alavash
Sarah Tune
Jonas Obleser
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Sarah Tune
Jonas Obleser
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title Dynamic large-scale connectivity of intrinsic cortical oscillations supports adaptive listening in challenging conditions.
title_short Dynamic large-scale connectivity of intrinsic cortical oscillations supports adaptive listening in challenging conditions.
title_full Dynamic large-scale connectivity of intrinsic cortical oscillations supports adaptive listening in challenging conditions.
title_fullStr Dynamic large-scale connectivity of intrinsic cortical oscillations supports adaptive listening in challenging conditions.
title_full_unstemmed Dynamic large-scale connectivity of intrinsic cortical oscillations supports adaptive listening in challenging conditions.
title_sort dynamic large-scale connectivity of intrinsic cortical oscillations supports adaptive listening in challenging conditions.
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