Hemispheric contribution to vertex augmentation/reduction of the auditory evoked potential

Collin, C.; Lolas, F.

doi:10.1590/S0004-282X1985000400002

Abstracts

Starting off from the notion that the cerebral hemispheres differ in their processing mode, this paper reports on stimulus intensity modulation of auditory evoked potentials recorded from hemispheric leads (C3 and C4 referenced to ipsilateral mastoid processes) in a sample of 40 male Ss between 18 to 40 years of age. The experimental set up involved the recording of series of 100 trials to binaural clicks of 63.5, 74.6 and 85dB AL. Ss who were augmenters at the vertex showed positive Amplitude-Intensity function slopes over the left hemisphere; when Ss were Reducers at the vertex, the slopes were negative on the right hemisphere. These results are interpreted in terms of attention deployment or allocation to one or the other hemispheric processing mode. This might constitute a trait-like enduring subject characteristic whose relation to traditional psychometric variables needs further exploration. The modality especificity of this phenomenon is also discussed.

El presente artículo describe la modulación de la intensidad de estimulación en potenciales evocados auditivos relacionada con las diferencias cerebrales hemisféricas en el procesamiento de la información en una muestra de 40Ss hombres de 18 a 40 anos de edad. El diseño experimental consistió en el registro de series de 100 respuestas electrocorticales a clicks binaurales de 63,5, 74,6 y 85dB AL. Los Ss "aumentadores" en el vertex presentaron pendientes positivas de las funciones de amplitud-intensidad en el hemisferio izquierdo; cuando los Ss fueron "reductores" en el vertex, las pendientes fueron negativas en el hemisferio derecho. Los resultados son interpretados en términos de factores atencionales que dirigen el procesamiento hacia uno u otro hemisferio cerebral. Esto podría constituir un rasgo característico y estable para cada sujeto, cuya relación con variables psicométricas clásicas requiere ser explorada. También se discute la especificidad del fenómeno en términos de modalidad sensorial.

Hemispheric contribution to vertex augmentation/reduction of the auditory evoked potential

Aumento/redução do potencial evocado auditivo no vértex: contribuição hemisférica

C. Collin; F. Lolas

University of Chile, Faculty of Medicine, Psychophysiology Unit

SUMMARY

Starting off from the notion that the cerebral hemispheres differ in their processing mode, this paper reports on stimulus intensity modulation of auditory evoked potentials recorded from hemispheric leads (C₃ and C₄ referenced to ipsilateral mastoid processes) in a sample of 40 male Ss between 18 to 40 years of age. The experimental set up involved the recording of series of 100 trials to binaural clicks of 63.5, 74.6 and 85dB AL. Ss who were augmenters at the vertex showed positive Amplitude-Intensity function slopes over the left hemisphere; when Ss were Reducers at the vertex, the slopes were negative on the right hemisphere. These results are interpreted in terms of attention deployment or allocation to one or the other hemispheric processing mode. This might constitute a trait-like enduring subject characteristic whose relation to traditional psychometric variables needs further exploration. The modality especificity of this phenomenon is also discussed.

RESUMEN

El presente artÃculo describe la modulaciÃ³n de la intensidad de estimulación en potenciales evocados auditivos relacionada con las diferencias cerebrales hemisféricas en el procesamiento de la información en una muestra de 40Ss hombres de 18 a 40 anos de edad. El diseño experimental consistió en el registro de series de 100 respuestas electrocorticales a clicks binaurales de 63,5, 74,6 y 85dB AL. Los Ss "aumentadores" en el vertex presentaron pendientes positivas de las funciones de amplitud-intensidad en el hemisferio izquierdo; cuando los Ss fueron "reductores" en el vertex, las pendientes fueron negativas en el hemisferio derecho. Los resultados son interpretados en términos de factores atencionales que dirigen el procesamiento hacia uno u otro hemisferio cerebral. Esto podría constituir un rasgo característico y estable para cada sujeto, cuya relación con variables psicométricas clásicas requiere ser explorada. También se discute la especificidad del fenómeno en términos de modalidad sensorial.

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Acknowledgements: This work was supported in part by Departamento de Investigation y Bibliotecas, Project B-1194-8333; Dr. Guilhermo de la Parra and Mr. Samuel Avila contributed with help and advice; Mrs. Magaly Carrasco typed the manuscript.

Psychophysiology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile - P.O. Box 137-D - Santiago - Chile.

1. AMADUCCI, L.; SORBI, S.; ALBANESE, A. & GAINOT, G. - Choline acetyltransforase (ChAT) activity differs in right and left human temporal lobes. Neurology 31:799, 1981.
2. BIRCHALL, P.M.A. & CLARTDGE, G.S. - Augmenting-Reducing of the visual evoked potential as a function of changes in skin conductance level. Psychophysiology 16:482, 1979.
3. BORGE, G.F.; BUCHSBAUM, M.; GOODWIN, F.; MURPHY, D. & SILVERMAN, J. - Neurophysiological correlates of affective disorders. Arch. gen. Psychiat. 24:501, 1971.
4. BUCHSBAUM, M.; GOODWIN, F.; MURPHY, D. & BORGE, G. - AER in affective disorders. Amer. J. Psychiat. 128:19, 1971.
5. BUCHSBAUM, M.; LANDAU, S.; MURPHY, D. & GOODWIN, F. - Average evoked response in bipolar and unipolar affective disorders: relationship to sex, age of onset and monoamino oxidase. Biol. Psychiat. 7:199, 1973.
6. BUCHSBAUM, M. & SILVERMAN, J. Stimulus intensity control and the cortical evoked responses. Psychosomatic med. 50:12, 1968.
7. COGER, R.W.; DYMOND, A.M.; SERAFETINIDES, E.A.; LOWENSTEIN, I. & PEARSON, D. - Alcoholism: averaged visual evoked response amplitude-intensity slope and symmetry in withdrawal. Biol. Psychiat. 11:435, 1976.
8. CONNOLLY, J.F. & GRUZELIER, J.H. - Amplitude and latency changes in the visual evoked potential to different stimulus intensities. Psychophysiology 19:599, 1982.
9. DAVIS, A.E. & WADA, J.A. - Hemispheric asymmetry: Frequency analysis of visual and auditory evoked responses to non-verbal stimuli. Electroencephalography and Clin. Neurophysiol. 37:1, 1974.
10. DONCHIN, E.; KUTAS, M. & MCCARTHY, G. - Electrocortical indices of hemispheric utilization. In S. Harnard, R.W. Doty, L. Goldstein, J. Jaynes & G. Krauthamer (eds.): Lateralization in the Nervous System. Academic Press, New York, 1977, pg. 339.
11. DUSTMAN, R.E.; SHEARER, D.E. & SNYDER, E.W. - Age differences in Augmenting/Reducing of occipital visually evoked potentials. Electroenceph. clin. Neurophysiol. 54:99, 1982.
12. GALIN, D. - Hemispheric specialization: Implications for psychiatry. In R.G. Grenell & S. Gabsy (eds.): Biological Foundations of Psychiatry. Raven Press, New York, 1976, pg. 145.
13. GALIN, D. - Lateral specialization and psychiatric issues: speculations on development and the evolution of consciouness. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 279:397, 1977.
14. GOLDSTEIN, L. & MURRI, L. - Functional brain asymmetry: An up and coming developing in cerebral sciences. Res. Communic. Psychol. Psychiat. Behavior 7:3, 1982.
15. HYLLYARD, S.A. & WOODS, D.L. - Electrophysiological analysis of human brain function. In M.S. Gazzaniga (ed.): Handbook of Behavioral Neurobiology. Plenum Press, New York, 1979, vol. 2, pg. 345.
16. IACONO, W.G.; GABBAY, F.H. & LYKKEN, D. - Measuring the average evoked response to light flashes: the contribution of eye-blink artifact to augmenting-reducing. Biol. Psychiat. 7:897, 1982.
17. KASKEY, G.B. SALZMAN, L.F. & KLORMAN, R. & PASS, H.L. - Relationships between stimulus intensity and amplitude of visual auditory event related potentials. Biol. Psychol. 10:115, 1980.
18. KNORRING, L. von. - Visual averaged evoked responses in patients suffering from alcoholism. Neuropsychobiology. 2:233, 1976.
19. KNORRING, L. von; MONAKHOV, K.; PERRIS, C. - Augmenting/Reducing: an adaptive switch mechanism to cope with incoming signals in healthy subjects and psychiatric patients. Neuropsychobiology 4:150, 1978.
20. LANDAU, S.G.; BUCHSBAUM, M.; CARPENTER, W.; STRAUSS, J. & SACKS, M. - Schizophrenia and stimulus intensity control. Arch. gen. Psychiat. 32:1239, 1975.
21. LOLAS, F. - Interhemispheric and sex differences in the visual evoked response recovery cycle, Neuropsychobiology 5:301, 1979.
22. MOSCOVITCH, M. - Information processing and the cerebral hemispheres. In M.S. Gazzaniga (ed.): Handbook of Behavioral Neurobiology. Plenum Press, New York, 1979, vol. 2, pg. 379.
23. MYSLOBODSKY, M. & WEINER, M. - Pharmacologic implications of hemispheric asymmetry. Life Sci. 19:1467, 1976.
24. PETRIE, A. & COLLINS, W. - Perceptual differences as related to the tolerance of pain suffering. Acta psychol. 19:755, 1961.
25. PETRIE, A.; HOLLAND, T. & WOLK, T. - Sensory stimulation causing subdued experience: audio-analgesia and perceptual augmentation and reduction. J. nerv. ment. Dis. 137:312, 1963.
26. RAINE, A.; MITCHELL, D.A.; VENABLES, P.H. - Cortical augmenting-reducing-Modality specific? Psychophysiology 18:700, 1981.
27. ROCKSTROH, B.; ELBERT, T.; BIRBAUMER, N. & LUTZENBERGER, W. - Slow Brain Potentials and Behavior. Urban & Schwarzenberg, Baltimore, 1982, pg. 1.
28. SHIPLEY, T. - Interhemispheric differences in the evoked cortical potential to intersensory and repetitive stimulation: Hypotheses, methods and appraisals. Neu-ropsychologia 15:133, 1977.
29. SCHOOLER, C.; BUCHSBAUM, M. & CARPENTER, W.T. - Evoked response and kinesthetic measures of augmenting-reducing in schizophrenics: Replications and extensions. J. Nerv. ment. Dis. 163:221, 1976.
30. SCHWARTZ, S. & KIRSNER, K. - Laterality effects in visual information processing: Hemispheric specialization or the orienting of attention? Quart. J. exper. Psychol. 34A:61, 1982.
31. SEMMES, J. - Hemispheric specialization: A possible clue to mechanisms. Neuropsychology 6:11, 1968.
32. SILVERMAN, J. - Stimulus intensity modulation and psychological disease. Psychopharmachology 24:42, 1972.
33. SILVERMAN, J. - Perceptual control of stimulus intensity in paranoid and non-paranoid schizophrenia. J. nerv. ment. Dis. 6:545, 1964.
34. SILVERMAN, J.; BUCHSBAUM, M. & STIERLIN, H. - Sex differences in differenciation and stimulus intensity control. J. Personal, soc. Psychol. 25:309, 1973.
35. SPERRY, R.W. - Some effects of disconnecting the cerebral hemispheres. Science 217:1223, 1982.
36. ZUCKERMAN, M.: MURTAUGH. T. & SIEGEL. J. - Sensation seking and cortical augmenting-reducing. Psychophysiology 11:535. 1974.

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[1] 1. AMADUCCI, L.; SORBI, S.; ALBANESE, A. & GAINOT, G. - Choline acetyltransforase (ChAT) activity differs in right and left human temporal lobes. Neurology 31:799, 1981.

[2] 2. BIRCHALL, P.M.A. & CLARTDGE, G.S. - Augmenting-Reducing of the visual evoked potential as a function of changes in skin conductance level. Psychophysiology 16:482, 1979.

[3] 3. BORGE, G.F.; BUCHSBAUM, M.; GOODWIN, F.; MURPHY, D. & SILVERMAN, J. - Neurophysiological correlates of affective disorders. Arch. gen. Psychiat. 24:501, 1971.

[4] 4. BUCHSBAUM, M.; GOODWIN, F.; MURPHY, D. & BORGE, G. - AER in affective disorders. Amer. J. Psychiat. 128:19, 1971.

[5] 5. BUCHSBAUM, M.; LANDAU, S.; MURPHY, D. & GOODWIN, F. - Average evoked response in bipolar and unipolar affective disorders: relationship to sex, age of onset and monoamino oxidase. Biol. Psychiat. 7:199, 1973.

[6] 6. BUCHSBAUM, M. & SILVERMAN, J. Stimulus intensity control and the cortical evoked responses. Psychosomatic med. 50:12, 1968.

[7] 7. COGER, R.W.; DYMOND, A.M.; SERAFETINIDES, E.A.; LOWENSTEIN, I. & PEARSON, D. - Alcoholism: averaged visual evoked response amplitude-intensity slope and symmetry in withdrawal. Biol. Psychiat. 11:435, 1976.

[8] 8. CONNOLLY, J.F. & GRUZELIER, J.H. - Amplitude and latency changes in the visual evoked potential to different stimulus intensities. Psychophysiology 19:599, 1982.

[9] 9. DAVIS, A.E. & WADA, J.A. - Hemispheric asymmetry: Frequency analysis of visual and auditory evoked responses to non-verbal stimuli. Electroencephalography and Clin. Neurophysiol. 37:1, 1974.

[10] 10. DONCHIN, E.; KUTAS, M. & MCCARTHY, G. - Electrocortical indices of hemispheric utilization. In S. Harnard, R.W. Doty, L. Goldstein, J. Jaynes & G. Krauthamer (eds.): Lateralization in the Nervous System. Academic Press, New York, 1977, pg. 339.

[11] 11. DUSTMAN, R.E.; SHEARER, D.E. & SNYDER, E.W. - Age differences in Augmenting/Reducing of occipital visually evoked potentials. Electroenceph. clin. Neurophysiol. 54:99, 1982.

[12] 12. GALIN, D. - Hemispheric specialization: Implications for psychiatry. In R.G. Grenell & S. Gabsy (eds.): Biological Foundations of Psychiatry. Raven Press, New York, 1976, pg. 145.

[13] 13. GALIN, D. - Lateral specialization and psychiatric issues: speculations on development and the evolution of consciouness. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 279:397, 1977.

[14] 14. GOLDSTEIN, L. & MURRI, L. - Functional brain asymmetry: An up and coming developing in cerebral sciences. Res. Communic. Psychol. Psychiat. Behavior 7:3, 1982.

[15] 15. HYLLYARD, S.A. & WOODS, D.L. - Electrophysiological analysis of human brain function. In M.S. Gazzaniga (ed.): Handbook of Behavioral Neurobiology. Plenum Press, New York, 1979, vol. 2, pg. 345.

[16] 16. IACONO, W.G.; GABBAY, F.H. & LYKKEN, D. - Measuring the average evoked response to light flashes: the contribution of eye-blink artifact to augmenting-reducing. Biol. Psychiat. 7:897, 1982.

[17] 17. KASKEY, G.B. SALZMAN, L.F. & KLORMAN, R. & PASS, H.L. - Relationships between stimulus intensity and amplitude of visual auditory event related potentials. Biol. Psychol. 10:115, 1980.

[18] 18. KNORRING, L. von. - Visual averaged evoked responses in patients suffering from alcoholism. Neuropsychobiology. 2:233, 1976.

[19] 19. KNORRING, L. von; MONAKHOV, K.; PERRIS, C. - Augmenting/Reducing: an adaptive switch mechanism to cope with incoming signals in healthy subjects and psychiatric patients. Neuropsychobiology 4:150, 1978.

[20] 20. LANDAU, S.G.; BUCHSBAUM, M.; CARPENTER, W.; STRAUSS, J. & SACKS, M. - Schizophrenia and stimulus intensity control. Arch. gen. Psychiat. 32:1239, 1975.

[21] 21. LOLAS, F. - Interhemispheric and sex differences in the visual evoked response recovery cycle, Neuropsychobiology 5:301, 1979.

[22] 22. MOSCOVITCH, M. - Information processing and the cerebral hemispheres. In M.S. Gazzaniga (ed.): Handbook of Behavioral Neurobiology. Plenum Press, New York, 1979, vol. 2, pg. 379.

[23] 23. MYSLOBODSKY, M. & WEINER, M. - Pharmacologic implications of hemispheric asymmetry. Life Sci. 19:1467, 1976.

[24] 24. PETRIE, A. & COLLINS, W. - Perceptual differences as related to the tolerance of pain suffering. Acta psychol. 19:755, 1961.

[25] 25. PETRIE, A.; HOLLAND, T. & WOLK, T. - Sensory stimulation causing subdued experience: audio-analgesia and perceptual augmentation and reduction. J. nerv. ment. Dis. 137:312, 1963.

[26] 26. RAINE, A.; MITCHELL, D.A.; VENABLES, P.H. - Cortical augmenting-reducing-Modality specific? Psychophysiology 18:700, 1981.

[27] 27. ROCKSTROH, B.; ELBERT, T.; BIRBAUMER, N. & LUTZENBERGER, W. - Slow Brain Potentials and Behavior. Urban & Schwarzenberg, Baltimore, 1982, pg. 1.

[28] 28. SHIPLEY, T. - Interhemispheric differences in the evoked cortical potential to intersensory and repetitive stimulation: Hypotheses, methods and appraisals. Neu-ropsychologia 15:133, 1977.

[29] 29. SCHOOLER, C.; BUCHSBAUM, M. & CARPENTER, W.T. - Evoked response and kinesthetic measures of augmenting-reducing in schizophrenics: Replications and extensions. J. Nerv. ment. Dis. 163:221, 1976.

[30] 30. SCHWARTZ, S. & KIRSNER, K. - Laterality effects in visual information processing: Hemispheric specialization or the orienting of attention? Quart. J. exper. Psychol. 34A:61, 1982.

[31] 31. SEMMES, J. - Hemispheric specialization: A possible clue to mechanisms. Neuropsychology 6:11, 1968.

[32] 32. SILVERMAN, J. - Stimulus intensity modulation and psychological disease. Psychopharmachology 24:42, 1972.

[33] 33. SILVERMAN, J. - Perceptual control of stimulus intensity in paranoid and non-paranoid schizophrenia. J. nerv. ment. Dis. 6:545, 1964.

[34] 34. SILVERMAN, J.; BUCHSBAUM, M. & STIERLIN, H. - Sex differences in differenciation and stimulus intensity control. J. Personal, soc. Psychol. 25:309, 1973.

[35] 35. SPERRY, R.W. - Some effects of disconnecting the cerebral hemispheres. Science 217:1223, 1982.

[36] 36. ZUCKERMAN, M.: MURTAUGH. T. & SIEGEL. J. - Sensation seking and cortical augmenting-reducing. Psychophysiology 11:535. 1974.

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