Non-invasive neurostimulation modulates processing of spatial frequency information in rapid perception of faces

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  • Bhuvanesh Awasthi

This study used high-frequency transcranial random noise stimulation (tRNS) to examine how low and high spatial frequency filtered faces are processed. Response times were measured in a task where healthy young adults categorised spatially filtered hybrid faces, presented at foveal and peripheral blocks, while sham and high-frequency random noise was applied to a lateral occipito-temporal location on their scalp. Both the Frequentist and Bayesian approaches show that in contrast to sham, active stimulation significantly reduced response times to peripherally presented low spatial frequency information. This finding points to a possible plasticity in targeted regions induced by non-invasive neuromodulation of spatial frequency information in rapid perception of faces.

Original languageEnglish
JournalAttention, Perception, and Psychophysics
Volume84
Issue number1
Pages (from-to)150-160
Number of pages11
ISSN1943-3921
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The author thanks Gregor Thut and other members of the neural oscillations group at the University of Glasgow for comments and feedback. The author also thanks the editor and anonymous reviewers for helpful comments and feedback.

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© 2021, The Psychonomic Society, Inc.

    Research areas

  • Bayes factor, Face perception, Response times, Spatial frequency, Transcranial random noise stimulation

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