Early and Late ERP Correlates of Conscivousness- A Direct Comparison Between Visual and Auditory Modalities.
Psychophysiology July 1, 2025 Kinga Ciupińska, Marcin Koculak, Michał Bola et al. 2 citations
Comparing brain signals for visual and auditory conscious awareness in the same people shows that early awareness negativity (VAN and AAN) relates to awareness in both senses, but late positivity (LP) relates to awareness only for vision. Visual components also reach consciousness faster than auditory ones. No correlations between modalities in perceptual thresholds or ERP latencies and amplitudes suggest visual and auditory awareness mechanisms are largely separate and modality-specific, not tracking consciousness independently of content.