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@ARTICLE{Hunter:10461,
author = {Hunter, M.D. and Eickhoff, S. B. and Pheasant, R.J. and
Douglas, M.J. and Watts, G.R. and Farrow, T.F.D. and Hyland,
D. and Kang, J. and Wilkinson, I.D. and Horoshenkov, K.V.
and Woodruff, P.W.R.},
title = {{T}he state of tranquility: {S}ubjective perception is
shaped by contextual modulation of auditory connectivity},
journal = {NeuroImage},
volume = {53},
issn = {1053-8119},
address = {Orlando, Fla.},
publisher = {Academic Press},
reportid = {PreJuSER-10461},
pages = {611 - 618},
year = {2010},
note = {SBE acknowledges funding by the Human Brain Project
(R01-MH074457-01A1), the DFG (IRTG 1328, SBE) and the
Initiative and Networking Fund of the Helmholtz Association
within the Helmholtz Alliance on Systems Biology (The Human
Brain Model). The stimuli used in this work were recorded
with support from the Engineering and Physical Sciences
Research Council (Grant EP/P500095/1). We thank Mr M Brook
for assistance with figure production and Mrs. J Woodhead
for assistance with manuscript preparation The radiographic
skills of the University of Sheffield's MRI Unit are
gratefully acknowledged.},
abstract = {In this study, we investigated brain mechanisms for the
generation of subjective experience from objective sensory
inputs. Our experimental construct was subjective
tranquility. Tranquility is a mental state more likely to
occur in the presence of objective sensory inputs that arise
from natural features in the environment. We used functional
magnetic resonance imaging to examine the neural response to
scenes that were visually distinct (beach images vs. freeway
images) and experienced as tranquil (beach) or non-tranquil
(freeway). Both sets of scenes had the same auditory
component because waves breaking on a beach and vehicles
moving on a freeway can produce similar auditory spectral
and temporal characteristics, perceived as a constant roar.
Compared with scenes experienced as non-tranquil, we found
that subjectively tranquil scenes were associated with
significantly greater effective connectivity between the
auditory cortex and medial prefrontal cortex, a region
implicated in the evaluation of mental states. Similarly
enhanced connectivity was also observed between the auditory
cortex and posterior cingulate gyrus, temporoparietal cortex
and thalamus. These findings demonstrate that visual context
can modulate connectivity of the auditory cortex with
regions implicated in the generation of subjective states.
Importantly, this effect arises under conditions of
identical auditory input. Hence, the same sound may be
associated with different percepts reflecting varying
connectivity between the auditory cortex and other brain
regions. This suggests that subjective experience is more
closely linked to the connectivity state of the auditory
cortex than to its basic sensory inputs.},
keywords = {Acoustic Stimulation / Affect: physiology / Auditory
Cortex: physiology / Brain Mapping / Echo-Planar Imaging /
Environment / Functional Laterality: physiology / Humans /
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Magnetic Resonance
Imaging / Male / Nerve Net: physiology / Neural Pathways:
physiology / Oxygen: blood / Perception: physiology / Photic
Stimulation / Prefrontal Cortex: physiology / Thalamus:
physiology / Young Adult / Oxygen (NLM Chemicals) / J
(WoSType)},
cin = {INM-2},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)INM-2-20090406},
pnm = {Funktion und Dysfunktion des Nervensystems (FUEK409) /
89571 - Connectivity and Activity (POF2-89571)},
pid = {G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK409 / G:(DE-HGF)POF2-89571},
shelfmark = {Neurosciences / Neuroimaging / Radiology, Nuclear Medicine
$\&$ Medical Imaging},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:20600971},
UT = {WOS:000281688000025},
doi = {10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.06.053},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/10461},
}