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Is auditory prediction related to domain-general cognitive abilities? A neurophysiology study on MMN and cognitive performance scores

Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Recent neurophysiological findings connected domain-specific prediction in sensory cortices with domain-general frontal functions by utilising the mismatch negativity (MMN) auditory-cortex response and working memory measures. Here, we wished to produce supportive evidence by considering both working memory and the broader cognitive construct of fluid intelligence (gF) as well as an ecological stimulation paradigm. Hence, we first recorded MMN with magnetoencephalography (MEG) in 26 healthy adults while they were presented with the multi-feature paradigm and later we obtained behavioural measures of working memory and gF. We confirmed a significant relationship between the frontal MMN and WM, extending to the fusiform and middle occipital gyri. These results support the view that pre-attentive auditory prediction processes are closely connected to individual general cognitive abilities.
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2025.115884
Authors: Fulvia Francesca Campo, Francesco Carlomagno, Peter Vuust, Niels Trusbak Haumann, Leonardo Bonetti, Manon Grube, Elvira Brattico
Institutions: Aarhus University, Royal Academy of Music, University of Bari Aldo Moro, University of Oxford, University of Bologna, Ashoka University, Berlin Institute for the Foundations of Learning and Data, Technische Universität Berlin
Language: English
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,590
OpenAlex ID: W4415355144
FWCI: 0.553
Cites: 59
Cited by: 1
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