The influence of auditory background stimulation (Mozart's sonata K. 448) on visual brain activ

Author:Jausovec, N; Habe, K

Article Title:The influence of auditory background stimulation (Mozart's sonata K. 448) on visual brain activity

Abstract:
Twenty individuals solved a visual oddball task in two response conditions: while listening to the Mozart's sonata K. 448, and while listening to nothing. The recorded event-related potentials (ERP) were analyzed in the time and frequency domains. In the music response condition the ERP peak latencies on the left hemisphere increased, whereas on the right hemisphere a decrease of peak latencies as compared with the silence response condition was observed. In the theta, lower-1 alpha and gamma band increases in induced event-related coherences were observed while respondents solved the oddball task and listened to music, whereas a decoupling of brain areas in the gamma band was observed in the silence response condition. It is suggested that auditory background stimulation can influence visual brain activity, even if both stimuli are unrelated. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Keywords:  event related coherence; music; gamma band; visual oddball task

DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8760(03)00227-7
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Source:INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY

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