Suppression of the N1 auditory evoked potential for sounds generated by the upper and lower limbs

Michiel Van Elk; Roy Salomon; Oliver Kannape; Olaf Blanke

doi:10.1016/j.biopsycho.2014.06.007

Suppression of the N1 auditory evoked potential for sounds generated by the upper and lower limbs

Michiel Van Elk, Roy Salomon, Oliver Kannape, Olaf Blanke

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Abstract

Sensory attenuation is typically observed for self-generated compared to externally generated action effects. In the present study we investigated whether auditory sensory suppression is modulated as a function of sounds being generated by the upper or lower limbs. We report sensory attenuation, as reflected in a reduced auditory N1 component, which was comparable for sounds generated by the lower and the upper limbs. Increasing temporal delays between actions and sounds did not modulate suppression of the N1 component, but did have an effect on the latency of the N1 component. In contrast, for the P2 component sensory suppression was only observed for sounds generated by the hands and presented at short latencies. These findings provide new insight into the functional and neural dynamics of sensory suppression and suggest the existence of comparable agency mechanisms for both the upper and the lower limbs.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	108-117
Number of pages	10
Journal	Biological Psychology
Volume	102
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2014.06.007
State	Published - Oct 2014
Externally published	Yes

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Funding Information:
The present study was supported by the Marie Curie Intra European Fellowship within the Seventh European Community Framework Program (IEF grant 252713 to MVE) and the Dutch Science Organization (VENI grant no. 016.135.135). OB is supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation , the European Science Foundation , and the Fondation Bertarelli. Roy Salomon was supported by the National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) “SYNAPSY—The Synaptic Bases of Mental Diseases” financed by the Swiss National Science Foundation (n° 51AU40_125759).

Keywords

Agency
Auditory N1
EEG
Efferent copy
Forward models
Sensory suppression
Upper and lower limbs

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General Neuroscience
Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology

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