Enhanced audiovisual associative pair learning in migraine without aura in adult patients: An unexpected finding.
Cephalalgia
; 44(7): 3331024241258722, 2024 Jul.
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| ID: mdl-39093997
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Altered sensory processing in migraine has been demonstrated by several studies in unimodal, and especially visual, tasks. While there is some limited evidence hinting at potential alterations in multisensory processing among migraine sufferers, this aspect remains relatively unexplored. This study investigated the interictal cognitive performance of migraine patients without aura compared to matched controls, focusing on associative learning, recall, and transfer abilities through the Sound-Face Test, an audiovisual test based on the principles of the Rutgers Acquired Equivalence Test. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
The performance of 42 volunteering migraine patients was compared to the data of 42 matched controls, selected from a database of healthy volunteers who had taken the test earlier. The study aimed to compare the groups' performance in learning, recall, and the ability to transfer learned associations.RESULTS:
Migraine patients demonstrated significantly superior associative learning as compared to controls, requiring fewer trials, and making fewer errors during the acquisition phase. However, no significant differences were observed in retrieval error ratios, generalization error ratios, or reaction times between migraine patients and controls in later stages of the test.CONCLUSION:
The results of our study support those of previous investigations, which concluded that multisensory processing exhibits a unique pattern in migraine. The specific finding that associative audiovisual pair learning is more effective in adult migraine patients than in matched controls is unexpected. If the phenomenon is not an artifact, it may be assumed to be a combined result of the hypersensitivity present in migraine and the sensory threshold-lowering effect of multisensory integration.Key words
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Association Learning
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Migraine without Aura
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
Cephalalgia
Year:
2024
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Hungria
Country of publication:
Reino Unido