• Neuroscience · Jul 2023

    Neurodynamics of Awareness Detection in Tibetan Immigrants: Evidence from Electroencephalography Analysis.

    • Si-Fang Yu, Nian-Nian Wang, Quan-Ling Hu, Peng Dang, Shuai Chang, Xiao-Yan Huang, Rui Su, Hao Li, Jing Zhou, Hai-Lin Ma, Ming Liu, and De-Long Zhang.
    • Key Laboratory of Brain, Cognition and Education Sciences, Ministry of Education, China; School of Psychology, Center for Studies of Psychological Application, and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China.
    • Neuroscience. 2023 Jul 1; 522: 698069-80.

    AbstractThe psychological effects of long-term exposure to high-altitude environments have attracted great attention. These effects are usually attributed to the diminished cognitive resources due to high-altitude exposure. This study employed electroencephalography (EEG) to investigate the effects of exposure duration on awareness detection tasks. Neither reaction time nor accuracy showed the direct effects of the exposure duration, so did the model indexes obtained from drift diffusion model analysis. However, event-related potentials (ERP) analysis revealed that exposure duration was associated with changes in the visual awareness negativity (VAN) and the late positivity (LP) components, which in turn affected reaction time. Specifically, longer exposure durations were associated with lower VAN and higher LP, resulting in shorter reaction times and greater drift rate. In contrast to previous studies, the reverse relationship between VAN and LP may reflect a compensatory response to the reduced cognitive resources caused by high-altitude exposure. Additionally, increased LP and shorter reaction times with exposure duration may reflect a resistance to the high-altitude environment. We also conducted time-frequency analysis and found that theta power did not vary with exposure duration, suggesting that the reduction in cognitive resources remains stable in these individuals over time. Overall, our study provides new insights into the dynamic effects of high-altitude environments on awareness detection in the presence of reduced cognitive resources.Copyright © 2023 IBRO. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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