Event-related potentials in response to 3-D auditory stimuli

Brain Dev. 2009 Sep;31(8):577-81. doi: 10.1016/j.braindev.2008.09.005. Epub 2008 Oct 19.

Abstract

To evaluate auditory spatial cognitive function, age correlations for event-related potentials (ERPs) in response to auditory stimuli with a Doppler effect were studied in normal children. A sound with a Doppler effect is perceived as a moving audio image. A total of 99 normal subjects (age range, 4-21 years) were tested. In the task-relevant oddball paradigm, P300 and key-press reaction time were elicited using auditory stimuli (1000 Hz fixed and enlarged tones with a Doppler effect). From the age of 4 years, the P300 latency for the enlarged tone with a Doppler effect shortened more rapidly with age than did the P300 latency for tone-pips, and the latencies for the different conditions became similar towards the late teens. The P300 of auditory stimuli with a Doppler effect may be used to evaluate auditory spatial cognitive function in children.

MeSH terms

  • Acoustic Stimulation
  • Adolescent
  • Adolescent Development
  • Adult
  • Age Factors
  • Child
  • Child Development
  • Child, Preschool
  • Doppler Effect
  • Electroencephalography
  • Event-Related Potentials, P300 / physiology*
  • Evoked Potentials, Auditory / physiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Reaction Time
  • Regression Analysis
  • Sound Localization / physiology*