TY - GEN
T1 - Assessment of Unconsciousness for Memory Consolidation Using EEG Signals
AU - Shin, Gi Hwan
AU - Lee, Minji
AU - Lee, Seong Whan
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was partly supported by the Institute for Information & Communications Technology Planning & Evaluation (IITP) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIT) (No. 2017-0-00451, Development of BCI based Brain and Cognitive Computing Technology for Recognizing User’s Intentions using Deep Learning; No. 2019-0-00079, Artificial Intelligence Graduate School Program (Korea University)).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 IEEE.
PY - 2020/10/11
Y1 - 2020/10/11
N2 - The assessment of consciousness and unconsciousness is a challenging issue in modern neuroscience. Consciousness is closely related to memory consolidation in that memory is a critical component of conscious experience. So far, many studies have been reported on memory consolidation during consciousness, but there is little research on memory consolidation during unconsciousness. Therefore, we aim to assess the unconsciousness in terms of memory consolidation using electroencephalogram signals. In particular, we used unconscious state during the nap; because sleep is the only state in which consciousness disappears under normal physiological conditions. Seven participants performed two memory tasks (word-pairs and visuo-spatial) before and after the nap to assess the memory consolidation during unconsciousness. As a result, spindle power in central, parietal, occipital regions during unconsciousness was positively correlated with the difference in location memory performance. With the difference in memory performance, there was also a negative correlation between delta connectivity and word-pairs memory, alpha connectivity and location memory, and spindle connectivity and word-pairs memory. Additionally, brain activity and connectivity for differences according to nap and unconsciousness during memory recall were explored. These findings could help present new insights into the assessment of unconsciousness by exploring the relationship with memory consolidation.
AB - The assessment of consciousness and unconsciousness is a challenging issue in modern neuroscience. Consciousness is closely related to memory consolidation in that memory is a critical component of conscious experience. So far, many studies have been reported on memory consolidation during consciousness, but there is little research on memory consolidation during unconsciousness. Therefore, we aim to assess the unconsciousness in terms of memory consolidation using electroencephalogram signals. In particular, we used unconscious state during the nap; because sleep is the only state in which consciousness disappears under normal physiological conditions. Seven participants performed two memory tasks (word-pairs and visuo-spatial) before and after the nap to assess the memory consolidation during unconsciousness. As a result, spindle power in central, parietal, occipital regions during unconsciousness was positively correlated with the difference in location memory performance. With the difference in memory performance, there was also a negative correlation between delta connectivity and word-pairs memory, alpha connectivity and location memory, and spindle connectivity and word-pairs memory. Additionally, brain activity and connectivity for differences according to nap and unconsciousness during memory recall were explored. These findings could help present new insights into the assessment of unconsciousness by exploring the relationship with memory consolidation.
KW - brain-machine interface
KW - electroencephalography
KW - functional connectivity
KW - memory consolidation
KW - power spectral density
KW - unconsciousness
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U2 - 10.1109/SMC42975.2020.9282876
DO - 10.1109/SMC42975.2020.9282876
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85098861652
T3 - Conference Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics
SP - 513
EP - 519
BT - 2020 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2020
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2020 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2020
Y2 - 11 October 2020 through 14 October 2020
ER -