Brain responses to changes in primary musical features in 2-3-year-olds

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Event Abstract Back to Event Brain responses to changes in primary musical features in 2-3-year-olds Vesa Putkinen1, 2*, Riikka Niinikur1, 2, Mari Tervaniemi1, 2 and Minna Huotilainen1, 2 1 Department of Psychology, University of Helsinki, Finland 2 Department of Music, University of Jyväskylä , Finland Background: Children's sensitivity to regularities and changes in different auditory features can be studied noninvasively with event-related potentials (ERPs). The mismatch negativity (MMN) ERP response reflects the accuracy of the auditory change-detection mechanism. The P3a response, in turn, reflects the functioning of the automatic attention allocation system. Due to the lack of a suitable paradigm, very few studies have used these responses to examine children’s ability to detect to changes in multiple auditory features. Recently, a fast multi-feature paradigm (MFP) was developed for obtaining MMN responses to 5 auditory change types (“deviant tones”) in a single recording of a relatively short duration. We added attention-catching sounds (“novel sounds”) to the paradigm for obtaining P3a responses. Aim: To test the suitability of the modified MFP for studying young children. Methods: We recorded MMN and P3a responses from 14 2-3-year-old children in the modified MFP. In addition to the traditional group level analysis, the responses of each individual subject were also examined. Conclusion: We found that the modified MFP is well suited for recording individual ERP profiles reflecting auditory change-detection, auditory memory and attentional functions in young children. Conference: Tuning the Brain for Music, Helsinki, Finland, 5 Feb - 6 Feb, 2009. Presentation Type: Poster Presentation Topic: Posters Citation: Putkinen V, Niinikur R, Tervaniemi M and Huotilainen M (2009). Brain responses to changes in primary musical features in 2-3-year-olds. Conference Abstract: Tuning the Brain for Music. doi: 10.3389/conf.neuro.09.2009.02.021 Copyright: The abstracts in this collection have not been subject to any Frontiers peer review or checks, and are not endorsed by Frontiers. They are made available through the Frontiers publishing platform as a service to conference organizers and presenters. The copyright in the individual abstracts is owned by the author of each abstract or his/her employer unless otherwise stated. Each abstract, as well as the collection of abstracts, are published under a Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 (attribution) licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) and may thus be reproduced, translated, adapted and be the subject of derivative works provided the authors and Frontiers are attributed. For Frontiers’ terms and conditions please see https://www.frontiersin.org/legal/terms-and-conditions. Received: 26 Jan 2009; Published Online: 26 Jan 2009. * Correspondence: Vesa Putkinen, Department of Psychology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, vesa.putkinen@helsinki.fi Login Required This action requires you to be registered with Frontiers and logged in. To register or login click here. Abstract Info Abstract The Authors in Frontiers Vesa Putkinen Riikka Niinikur Mari Tervaniemi Minna Huotilainen Google Vesa Putkinen Riikka Niinikur Mari Tervaniemi Minna Huotilainen Google Scholar Vesa Putkinen Riikka Niinikur Mari Tervaniemi Minna Huotilainen PubMed Vesa Putkinen Riikka Niinikur Mari Tervaniemi Minna Huotilainen Related Article in Frontiers Google Scholar PubMed Abstract Close Back to top Javascript is disabled. Please enable Javascript in your browser settings in order to see all the content on this page.