Increased Functional Brain Network Efficiency During Audiovisual Temporal Asynchrony Integration Task in Aging.

ABSTRACT: Audiovisual integration significantly changes over the lifespan, but age-related functional connectivity in audiovisual temporal asynchrony integration tasks remains underexplored. In the present study, electroencephalograms (EEGs) of 27 young adults (22-25 years) and 25 old adults (61-76 years) were recorded during an audiovisual temporal asynchrony integration task with seven conditions [auditory (A), visual (V), AV, A50V, A100V, V50A and V100A]. We calculated the phase lag index (PLI)-weighted connectivity networks modulated by the audiovisual tasks and found that the PLI connections showed obvious dynamic changes after stimulus onset. In the theta (4-7 Hz) and alpha (8-13 Hz) bands, the AV and V50A conditions induced stronger functional connections and higher global and local efficienc

SUBMITTER: Wang B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6189604 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature