P 53 Impact of acoustic stimulation on motor response inhibition and error monitoring

Previous studies suggested that acoustic stimulation can be used to modulate cognition, to reduce anxiety level as well as to enhance mood. In this study we investigated whether acoustic stimulation can modulate response inhibition and error monitoring in a continuous performance task. Using the Go-NoGo paradigm in healthy adults during MEG recordings, Mazaheri et al. (2009) was able to predict errors during response inhibition by theta-alpha coupling. Thus, it seems likely that frontal theta activity after an error may boost an adjustment of the mental state of individuals towards more preparatory alertness resulting in alpha decrease and better sustained performance.

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