In the analysis of psychological and psychophysiological data, the relationship between two
variables is often assumed to be a straight line. This may be due to the prevalence of the …

The 40-Hz auditory steady-state response (ASSR) is influenced not only by parameters such
as attention, stimulus type, and analysis level but also by stimulus duration and inter …

Abstract Tic related disorders affect 4–20% of the population, mostly idiopathic, can be
grouped in a wide spectrum of severity, where the most severe end is Tourette Syndrome …

Responses to a sensory stimulus are inhibited by a preceding stimulus; if the two stimuli are
identical, paired-pulse suppression (PPS) occurs; if the preceding stimulus is too weak to …

Humans perceive continuous speech signals as discrete sequences. To clarify the temporal
segmentation window of speech information processing in the human auditory cortex, the …

To test the hypothesis that the N1 component of auditory evoked potentials (AEPs) is one
form of the change-related response elicited by an abrupt change in sound pressure from a …

Background Prepulse inhibition (PPI) of the startle response is an important tool to
investigate the biology of schizophrenia. PPI is usually observed by use of a startle reflex …

Despite their essential roles in signal processing in the brain, the functions of interneurons
currently remain unclear in humans. We recently developed a method using the prepulse …

Despite their indispensable roles in sensory processing, little is known about inhibitory
interneurons in humans. Inhibitory postsynaptic potentials cannot be recorded non …

Previous studies have suggested that change-related cortical responses are phenomena
similar to the onset response and could be applied to the loudness dependence of auditory …