Event-related brain potential of human newborns to pitch change of an acoustic stimulus

We report here event-related potentials (ERPs) of human newborns to occasional pitch changes in a repetitive sequence of tone pips. These pitch changes elicited a large slow negative ERP component which resembles the mismatch negativity (MMN) generated by the adult brain under similar conditions. Th...

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Veröffentlicht in:Electroencephalography and clinical neurophysiology 1990-03, Vol.77 (2), p.151-155
Hauptverfasser: Alho, K., Sainio, K., Sajaniemi, N., Reinikainen, K., Näätänen, R.
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Zusammenfassung:We report here event-related potentials (ERPs) of human newborns to occasional pitch changes in a repetitive sequence of tone pips. These pitch changes elicited a large slow negative ERP component which resembles the mismatch negativity (MMN) generated by the adult brain under similar conditions. This MMN-type of negativity in newborns suggests that already at this early ontogenetic stage the brain monitors the acoustic environment for a possible change in any of its repetitive aspects. Apart from its theoretical interest, this finding might provide a new way to test the development of the central nervous system and to diagnose cerebral dysfunction at a very early stage.
ISSN:0168-5597
0013-4694
1872-6380
DOI:10.1016/0168-5597(90)90031-8