Neural mechanisms of mental fatigue elicited by sustained auditory processing

Comparing auditory sustained attention in children with auditory processing disorder and normal children

Introduction: Auditory processing disorder (APD) is a type of abnormal perceptual processing of auditory information within the central auditory nervous system that could be influenced by cognitive factors, such as attention. Attention is one of most important cognitive functions in the development of learning in children, so it is important to recognize and evaluate a variety of attention defi...

Auditory Fatigue: Influence of Mental Factors.

Detecting and Predicting Muscle Fatigue during Typing By SEMG Signal Processing and Artificial Neural Networks

Introduction: Repetitive strain injuries are one of the most prevalent problems in occupational diseases. Repetition, vibration and bad postures of the extremities are physical risk factors related to work that can cause chronic musculoskeletal disorders. Repetitive work on a computer with low level contraction requires the posture to be maintained for a long time, which can cause muscle fatigu...

Auditory Neural Processing of Speech

Recordings from single auditory neurons in response to speech and speech-like stimuli provide detailed descriptions of neural processing in the earliest stages of speech perception. These studies show that a great deal of information about both the formant pattern and voice pitch is available in both the average discharge rates and the temporal discharge patterns of auditory-nerve fibers and co...

Synaptic mechanisms underlying auditory processing.

In vivo voltage clamp recordings have provided new insights into the synaptic mechanisms that underlie processing in the primary auditory cortex. Of particular importance are the discoveries that excitatory and inhibitory inputs have similar frequency and intensity tuning, that excitation is followed by inhibition with a short delay, and that the duration of inhibition is briefer than expected....