Neural processing of changes in phonetic and emotional speech sounds and tones in preterm infants at term age
Kostilainen, Kaisamari ; Partanen, Eino ; Mikkola, Kaija ; Wikström, Valtteri ; Pakarinen, Satu ; Fellman, Vineta LU
and Huotilainen, Minna
(2020)
In International Journal of Psychophysiology
148.
p.111-118
- Abstract
Objective: Auditory change-detection responses provide information on sound discrimination and memory skills in infants. We examined both the automatic change-detection process and the processing of emotional information content in speech in preterm infants in comparison to full-term infants at term age. Methods: Preterm (n = 21) and full-term infants' (n = 20) event-related potentials (ERP) were recorded at term age. A challenging multi-feature mismatch negativity (MMN) paradigm with phonetic deviants and rare emotional speech sounds (happy, sad, angry), and a simple one-deviant oddball paradigm with pure tones were used. Results: Positive mismatch responses (MMR) were found to the emotional sounds and some of the phonetic deviants in... (More)
Objective: Auditory change-detection responses provide information on sound discrimination and memory skills in infants. We examined both the automatic change-detection process and the processing of emotional information content in speech in preterm infants in comparison to full-term infants at term age. Methods: Preterm (n = 21) and full-term infants' (n = 20) event-related potentials (ERP) were recorded at term age. A challenging multi-feature mismatch negativity (MMN) paradigm with phonetic deviants and rare emotional speech sounds (happy, sad, angry), and a simple one-deviant oddball paradigm with pure tones were used. Results: Positive mismatch responses (MMR) were found to the emotional sounds and some of the phonetic deviants in preterm and full-term infants in the multi-feature MMN paradigm. Additionally, late positive MMRs to the phonetic deviants were elicited in the preterm group. However, no group differences to speech-sound changes were discovered. In the oddball paradigm, preterm infants had positive MMRs to the deviant change in all latency windows. Responses to non-speech sounds were larger in preterm infants in the second latency window, as well as in the first latency window at the left hemisphere electrodes (F3, C3). Conclusions: No significant group-level differences were discovered in the neural processing of speech sounds between preterm and full-term infants at term age. Change-detection of non-speech sounds, however, may be enhanced in preterm infants at term age. Significance: Auditory processing of speech sounds in healthy preterm infants showed similarities to full-term infants at term age. Large individual variations within the groups may reflect some underlying differences that call for further studies.
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- Kostilainen, Kaisamari
; Partanen, Eino
; Mikkola, Kaija
; Wikström, Valtteri
; Pakarinen, Satu
; Fellman, Vineta
LU
and Huotilainen, Minna
- organization
- publishing date
- 2020
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- Contribution to journal
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- published
- subject
- keywords
- Auditory change-detection, Emotion processing, Event-related potential (ERP), Mismatch negativity (MMN), Mismatch response (MMR), Preterm infant
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- International Journal of Psychophysiology
- volume
- 148
- pages
- 8 pages
- publisher
- Elsevier
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85077748965
- pmid:31734441
- ISSN
- 0167-8760
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2019.10.009
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
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- 6472fbb9-4017-422c-87cc-fb2efbffc789
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- 2020-01-24 12:24:41
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