@article{MTMT:34782072, title = {Investigating the Effect of Contextual Cueing with Face Stimuli on Electrophysiological Measures in Younger and Older Adults}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34782072}, author = {Nagy, Boglárka and Kojouharova, Petia Steftcheva and Protzner, Andrea B. and Gaál, Zsófia Anna}, doi = {10.1162/jocn_a_02135}, journal-iso = {J COGNITIVE NEUROSCI}, journal = {JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE}, volume = {36}, unique-id = {34782072}, issn = {0898-929X}, abstract = {Extracting repeated patterns from our surroundings plays a crucial role in contextualizing information, making predictions, and guiding our behavior implicitly. Previous research showed that contextual cueing enhances visual search performance in younger adults. In this study, we investigated whether contextual cueing could also improve older adults' performance and whether age-related differences in the neural processes underlying implicit contextual learning could be detected. Twenty-four younger and 25 older participants performed a visual search task with contextual cueing. Contextual information was generated using repeated face configurations alongside random new configurations. We measured RT difference between new and repeated configurations; ERPs to uncover the neural processes underlying contextual cueing for early (N2pc), intermediate (P3b), and late (r-LRP) processes; and multiscale entropy and spectral power density analyses to examine neural dynamics. Both younger and older adults showed similar contextual cueing benefits in their visual search efficiency at the behavioral level. In addition, they showed similar patterns regarding contextual information processing: Repeated face configurations evoked decreased finer timescale entropy (1–20 msec) and higher frequency band power (13–30 Hz) compared with new configurations. However, we detected age-related differences in ERPs: Younger, but not older adults, had larger N2pc and P3b components for repeated compared with new configurations. These results suggest that contextual cueing remains intact with aging. Although attention- and target-evaluation-related ERPs differed between the age groups, the neural dynamics of contextual learning were preserved with aging, as both age groups increasingly utilized more globally grouped representations for repeated face configurations during the learning process.}, year = {2024}, eissn = {1530-8898}, pages = {776-799}, orcid-numbers = {Kojouharova, Petia Steftcheva/0000-0001-6315-4822; Protzner, Andrea B./0000-0001-8062-2923} } @article{MTMT:34718463, title = {Exploring the role of working memory gate opening process in creativity: An ERP study using the reference-back paradigm}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34718463}, author = {Csizmadia, Petra and Nagy, Boglárka and Kővári, Lili and Gaál, Zsófia Anna}, doi = {10.1016/j.biopsycho.2024.108765}, journal-iso = {BIOL PSYCHOL}, journal = {BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY}, volume = {187}, unique-id = {34718463}, issn = {0301-0511}, year = {2024}, eissn = {1873-6246}, orcid-numbers = {Kővári, Lili/0009-0000-0095-6449} } @article{MTMT:34568378, title = {Automatic Change Detection in Interwoven Sequences: A Visual Mismatch Negativity Study}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34568378}, author = {Csikós, Nóra and Petró, Béla and Kojouharova, Petia Steftcheva and Gaál, Zsófia Anna and Czigler, István}, doi = {10.1162/jocn_a_02099}, journal-iso = {J COGNITIVE NEUROSCI}, journal = {JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE}, volume = {36}, unique-id = {34568378}, issn = {0898-929X}, abstract = {In this study, we investigated whether the cognitive system, known to be able to register regular visual event sequences and the violation of these sequences automatically, had the capacity of processing two sequences simultaneously. To this end, we measured the visual mismatch negativity (vMMN) component of ERPs as interwoven event sequences simultaneously presented to the left and right side of the screen. One of the sequences consisted of geometric patterns (diamonds); the other, photographs of human faces. In successive cycles, parts of the stimuli vanished and then re-appeared (the OFF/ON method). The vanishing parts served as either standard (frequently vanishing parts) or infrequent (deviant) events, but these events were task-irrelevant. The 20 adult participants (age 21.40 ± 2.72 years) performed a visual tracking task, with the OFF/ON task being a passive oddball paradigm. According to the results, both OFF and ON events, and both diamond and face stimuli elicited the vMMN component, showing that the system underlying this activity is capable of processing two event sequences if the sequences consist of fairly different kind of objects as stimuli. The sLORETA analysis showed that the source of vMMN was more frequent contralaterally to the deviant event, and the sources comprised loci from ventral and dorsal structures, as well as some anterior loci.}, year = {2024}, eissn = {1530-8898}, pages = {534-550}, orcid-numbers = {Kojouharova, Petia Steftcheva/0000-0001-6315-4822} } @article{MTMT:34523124, title = {A comparison of visual and acoustic mismatch negativity as potential biomarkers in schizophrenia}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34523124}, author = {Molnár, Hajnalka and Marosi, Csilla and Becske, Melinda and Békési, E. and Farkas, Kinga and Stefanics, G. and Czigler, István and Csukly, Gábor}, doi = {10.1038/s41598-023-49983-5}, journal-iso = {SCI REP}, journal = {SCIENTIFIC REPORTS}, volume = {14}, unique-id = {34523124}, issn = {2045-2322}, year = {2024}, eissn = {2045-2322}, orcid-numbers = {Molnár, Hajnalka/0000-0002-3555-1692; Marosi, Csilla/0000-0001-6467-175X; Becske, Melinda/0000-0002-3265-4039; Farkas, Kinga/0000-0002-1125-3957; Csukly, Gábor/0000-0002-5006-9407} } @CONFERENCE{MTMT:34540308, title = {A munkamemória alfolyamatainak szerepe a kreatív problémamegoldásban}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34540308}, author = {Csizmadia, Petra and Nagy, Boglárka and Kővári, Lili and Czigler, István and Gaál, Zsófia Anna}, booktitle = {Találkozás a változásban - Változások a találkozásban}, unique-id = {34540308}, year = {2023}, pages = {244} } @CONFERENCE{MTMT:34540244, title = {Working memory sub-processes behind divergent and convergent thinking}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34540244}, author = {Csizmadia, Petra and Nagy, Boglárka and Lili, Kővári and Györgyi, Balla and Gaál, Zsófia Anna}, booktitle = {14th Dubrovnik Conference on Cognitive Science: Mechanisms of Collective Decision-making for Cooperative Actions - Abstract Book}, unique-id = {34540244}, year = {2023}, pages = {69} } @article{MTMT:34342032, title = {Opinion on the event-related potential signature of automatic detection of violated regularity (visual mismatch negativity): non-perceptual but predictive}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34342032}, author = {Czigler, István}, doi = {10.3389/fnhum.2023.1295431}, journal-iso = {FRONT HUM NEUROSCI}, journal = {FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE}, volume = {17}, unique-id = {34342032}, issn = {1662-5161}, year = {2023}, eissn = {1662-5161} } @article{MTMT:34009643, title = {Mechanisms of spatial contextual cueing in younger and older adults}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34009643}, author = {Kojouharova, Petia Steftcheva and Nagy, Boglárka and Czigler, István and Gaál, Zsófia Anna}, doi = {10.1111/psyp.14361}, journal-iso = {PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY}, journal = {PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY}, volume = {60}, unique-id = {34009643}, issn = {0048-5772}, year = {2023}, eissn = {1469-8986}, orcid-numbers = {Kojouharova, Petia Steftcheva/0000-0001-6315-4822} } @article{MTMT:33756924, title = {Automatic detection of irregular vanishing and reappearing parts of objects in two interwoven sequences: A visual mismatch negativity study}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33756924}, author = {Csikós, Nóra and Petró, Béla and Kojouharova, Petia Steftcheva and Jevtic-Scheiling, Katalin and Gaál, Zsófia Anna and Czigler, István}, doi = {10.1111/ejn.15977}, journal-iso = {EUR J NEUROSCI}, journal = {EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE}, volume = {57}, unique-id = {33756924}, issn = {0953-816X}, year = {2023}, eissn = {1460-9568}, pages = {1736-1747}, orcid-numbers = {Kojouharova, Petia Steftcheva/0000-0001-6315-4822} } @article{MTMT:33677372, title = {The role of attention control in visual mismatch negativity (vMMN) studies}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33677372}, author = {Petró, Béla and Gaál, Zsófia Anna and Kojouharova, Petia Steftcheva and Czigler, István}, doi = {10.1007/s00221-023-06573-1}, journal-iso = {EXP BRAIN RES}, journal = {EXPERIMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH}, volume = {241}, unique-id = {33677372}, issn = {0014-4819}, abstract = {The detection of unattended visual changes is investigated by the visual mismatch negativity (vMMN) component of event-related potentials (ERPs). The vMMN is measured as the difference between the ERPs to infrequent (deviant) and frequent (standard) stimuli irrelevant to the ongoing task. In the present study, we used human faces expressing different emotions as deviants and standards. In such studies, participants perform various tasks, so their attention is diverted from the vMMN-related stimuli. If such tasks vary in their attentional demand, they might influence the outcome of vMMN studies. In this study, we compared four kinds of frequently used tasks: (1) a tracking task that demanded continuous performance, (2) a detection task where the target stimuli appeared at any time, (3) a detection task where target stimuli appeared only in the inter-stimulus intervals, and (4) a task where target stimuli were members of the stimulus sequence. This fourth task elicited robust vMMN, while in the other three tasks, deviant stimuli elicited moderate posterior negativity (vMMN). We concluded that the ongoing task had a marked influence on vMMN; thus, it is important to consider this effect in vMMN studies.}, year = {2023}, eissn = {1432-1106}, pages = {1001-1008}, orcid-numbers = {Kojouharova, Petia Steftcheva/0000-0001-6315-4822} }