The Role of Frontal and Temporal Brain Areas in the Perception of Phonetic Category Structure
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- Enrolling By Invitation
- 入组人数
- 26
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Two-alternative forced choice reaction time
研究概览
简要总结
Left and right temporal brain areas are thought to contribute to speech perception, but the division of labor between left and right hemisphere regions is still unclear. Here we use transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to stimulate left and right temporal foci and a vertex control site to temporarily disrupt activation at the stimulation site, using a "virtual lesion" approach to test the effect of stimulation site on a series of speech perception tasks.
This portion of the project is basic research. However, since TMS is viewed as an intervention, studies involving TMS in this grant are considered clinical trials.
详细描述
This study uses TMS to temporarily disrupt neural activity in the left and right temporal cortex and examine the effect of this disruption on speech perception tasks. Vertex stimulation is included as a control condition against which left and right superior temporal stimulation effects are compared. Adult participants first undergo structural MRI and a speech localizer using functional MRI to identify speech-sensitive voxels in the left and right temporal cortex. These regions are set by-participant as the foci for stimulation. Stimulation site is blocked, and typically distributed across sessions. 10 Hz pulse trains of 2.5 sec each are delivered to the stimulation site, with an auditory stimulus arriving either immediately after the last pulse (Exps 2 and 6) or, for longer sentence level stimuli (Exp 3), during the pulse train. Behavioral measures include accuracy and reaction times to rate phonetic stimuli (Exp 2), detect the presence of a probe word in the preceding sentence (Exp 3), or categorize stimuli by phonetic contrast and talker (Exp 6).
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Crossover
- 主要目的
- Basic Science
- 盲法
- Single (Participant)
盲法说明
Participants will receive stimulation at different sites (left and right temporal areas, vertex control), and may be aware of the location of placement of the TMS coil, so in a strict sense participants cannot be fully unaware of the stimulation site.
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Monolingual native speaker of English
- •No history of neurological impairments or disease
- •Free of speech and language disorders (per self-report, and confirmed by short language battery described by Fidler, Vance, & Plante, 2011)
- •Pure-tone thresholds of 30 decibels or better in both ears (no worse than mild hearing loss), with no more than 15 dB between-ear difference.
- •Right-handed, as confirmed by Oldfield Handedness Inventory
排除标准
- •Any condition where TMS would be contraindicated according to the most recent guidelines, including, but not limited to:
- •History of seizure or epilepsy
- •Metal in the skull
- •Use of legal or illicit drugs that can potentially reduce the threshold for seizure. As examples, we list some exclusionary drugs in each of the following categories. This is not an exhaustive list of the exclusionary drugs. We consult with faculty in the University of Connecticut College of Pharmacy to check for seizure risk with other drugs that participants report.
- •Antidepressants including Imipramine, amitriptyline, sertraline, venlafaxine, buproprion
- •Antipsychotics including Chlorpromazine, clozapine, haloperidol, aripiprazole
- •Antivirals including foscarnet, ganciclovir
- •Antiparasitics including chloroquine, mefloquine (antiparasitics)
- •Antibiotics including penicillin, ampicillin
- •Immunosuppressants including cyclosporin
- •Anticholinergenics
- •Antihistimines (including over-the-counter drugs like Claritin & Benadryl)
- •Sympathomimetics (including Sudafed, Ritalin).
- •Illegal drugs such as methamphetamines, cocaine, MDMA, ketamine.
- •Diagnosis of a psychiatric disorder (per self-report)
- •Pregnancy
结局指标
主要结局
Two-alternative forced choice reaction time
时间窗: Immediately following the stimulation pulses (within one second of the final pulse).
Participants are given two options and asked to indicate which item they heard in the previous signal. Reaction time to make this decision is a primary outcome measure.
Categorization accuracy
时间窗: Immediately following the stimulation pulses (within one second of the final pulse).
Participants categorize items which vary along a perceptual continuum. Steepness of the categorization curve is extracted to estimate categorization accuracy.
Two-alternative forced choice accuracy
时间窗: Immediately following the stimulation pulses (within one second of the final pulse).
Participants are given two options and asked to indicate which item they heard in the previous signal. Accuracy in making this decision is a primary outcome measure.
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Emily Myers
Professor
University of Connecticut