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Interhemispheric EEG interrelations in recognition of masked visual images accompanied by music

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Changes in the EEG depend on the style of accompanying music. Classical music produces more patterns with increased diagonal coherences in the γ frequency band, where two foci of integration are formed at points T 4 and T 6. During listening to rock music, a larger proportion of all changes occurred in the θ-and α1 frequency bands; an integration focus was formed at point T 6 in the α1 and γ frequency bands. An increase in diagonal coherences that was observed during the recognition was especially pronounced in the Δ-, θ-and α1 frequency bands. In addition, there was an increase in the coherence between the potentials recorded at points O 1-P 4 and O 2-F 7, and it was observed in all the frequency bands. During the recognition of masked visual images accompanied by classical or rock music, there were more patterns with an increased diagonal coherence of the currently dominant activity. Before erroneous recognition, a widely generalized increase in coherence over the brain cortex was observed in the Δ, θ, and α1 bands, which was an informative indicator of the subsequent erroneous recognition. In tests with recognition unaccompanied by music, as well as with music, the main change in symmetrical coherences was either a decrease in or an absence of changes in this indicator versus the background value.

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    R. A. Pavlygina, D. S. Sakharov & V. I. Davydov

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Original Russian Tex © R.A. Pavlygina, D.S. Sakharov, V.I. Davydov, 2008, published in Fiziologiya Cheloveka, 2008, Vol. 34, No. 4, pp. 11–18.

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Pavlygina, R.A., Sakharov, D.S. & Davydov, V.I. Interhemispheric EEG interrelations in recognition of masked visual images accompanied by music. Hum Physiol 34, 397–404 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0362119708040026

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