Analysis showed that auditory segmentation enhances prediction errors in complex sound sequences, indicating its role in auditory processing.
Key Points
MMN amplitude analyses indicated no significant differences between No-Gap and Gap conditions, suggesting consistent auditory processing across conditions.
EEG results showed MMN amplitudes (t (29) = 0.93; p = 0.36) while MEG revealed larger responses in the Gap condition (F (1,31) = 26.07, p < 0.001).
The experimental design compared dual-rule MMN paradigms with continuous tone pairs versus temporally segmented intervals using EEG and MEG techniques.
These findings suggest that temporal segmentation enhances the efficacy of prediction in the auditory system during sound processing.
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López‐Caballero et al. (2025) studied this question.