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Doing the math: detection and neural processing of auditory task-unrelated stimuli while solving arithmetic tasks.

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Authors: Laura Brockhoff1, Xenia Alteköster1, Maximilian Bruchmann1,2, Sebastian Schindler1,2, Robert Moeck1, Thomas Straube1,2
ORCID iDs: Laura Brockhoff, Maximilian Bruchmann, Sebastian Schindler
  1. Institute of Medical Psychology and Systems Neuroscience, University of Münster, Von-Esmarch-Str. 52, D-48149 Münster, Germany
  2. Otto Creutzfeldt Center for Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Münster, Fliednerstr. 21, D-48149 Münster, Germany
Institutions: University of Münster (Germany)
Journal: Neuroscience of consciousness, volume 2026, issue 1, article niag059
Dates: received 22 December 2025; accepted 7 July 2026; published online 18 September 2026
Type: Research article · Language: English
License: CC BY-NC
Identifiers: DOI 10.1093/nc/niag059 · PMID 42761790 · PMCID PMC13587093 · OpenAlex W7112681917
Open access: gold, a free copy (OpenAlex)
Preprint: osf.io/5fehs
Status: code verified
Categories: EEG (modality), cognitive (subfield)
Methods: Statistics, Preprocessing, Evoked potentials, Physiology & signal measures
Keywords: Load Theory, cognitive load, attentional bottleneck, task-unrelated stimuli, event-related potentials
Topic: Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (Statistics and Probability, Mathematics), according to OpenAlex
Citations: not cited yet (Europe PMC); 80 references in the paper

Abstract

Load Theory proposes that perceptual load impairs the processing of task-unrelated stimuli. However, there is increasing evidence that not only perceptual demands but also cognitive task load affect the processing of task-unrelated stimuli. The current event-related potential (ERP) study investigated the effects of cognitive load induced by arithmetic operations on the detection and neural processing of intensity-modulated beep tones. The tasks were based on different instructions regarding perceptually identical displays of numbers. Results showed decreased stimulus detection and reduced P3b in the ERP to auditory stimuli under high compared with low load across different signal-to-noise ratios (SNR). However, the N1 amplitude was unaffected by load based on our typical analytical pipeline using an average reference. Using a linked mastoids reference and strong filtering revealed an effect of load on the N1 for the highest SNR. Thus, analytical pipelines may affect the results. Nevertheless, the lower probability of reported awareness of task-unrelated auditory stimuli during difficult mathematical tasks across SNR levels seems to be driven predominantly by a late neural effect.

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Brockhoff, L., Alteköster, X., Bruchmann, M., Schindler, S., Moeck, R., & Straube, T. (2026). Doing the math: detection and neural processing of auditory task-unrelated stimuli while solving arithmetic tasks. Neuroscience of consciousness, 2026(1), niag059. https://doi.org/10.1093/nc/niag059

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@article{brockhoff2026doing,
author = {Brockhoff, Laura and Alteköster, Xenia and Bruchmann, Maximilian and Schindler, Sebastian and Moeck, Robert and Straube, Thomas},
title = {{Doing the math: detection and neural processing of auditory task-unrelated stimuli while solving arithmetic tasks}},
journal = {Neuroscience of consciousness},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
volume = {2026},
number = {1},
pages = {niag059},
publisher = {Oxford University Press},
issn = {2057-2107},
doi = {10.1093/nc/niag059},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1093/nc/niag059},
pmid = {42761790},
pmcid = {PMC13587093}
}

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T2 - Neuroscience of consciousness
J2 - Neurosci Conscious
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/18
VL - 2026
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PB - Oxford University Press
DO - 10.1093/nc/niag059
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