# Auditory & Integrative Functions of the Prefrontal Cortex DIVERSITY SUPPLEMENT

> **NIH NIH R01** · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · 2020 · $66,741

## Abstract

SUMMARY
In this diversity supplement we are proposing a year of research and training for the candidate
to perform research in the laboratory of Dr. Lizabeth Romanski. Three experiments are
proposed. In supplemental experiment 1, the candidate will examine the role of the medial
prefrontal cortex in performance monitoring and error detection. To do this he will train subjects
to perform a more difficult version of the audiovisual working memory task. This will allow for
the examination of the neural activity during errors and increased difficulty. In Experiment 2, the
candidate will use the Oddball task to determine how ventral prefrontal ensembles detect
incongruent audiovisual pairs of stimuli. Use of this easy-to-train task will allow the testing of
many more stimulus pairs than traditional working memory paradigms. In Experiment 3, the
temporal binding of face-vocalization communication stimuli will be examined by altering the
SOA of the auditory and visual components and recording the expected change in ventral
prefrontal neurons to these asynchronies. The results of these studies will inform us of the role
of prefrontal cortex in detecting and integrating specific features of communication information
that are directly related to contextual relevance of stimuli and the importance of the temporal
relationship of vocal information and associated mouth movements. The experiments are logical
extensions of the parent grant and are an efficient approach to gaining more information from
valuable resources already in place in our laboratory.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10170754
- **Project number:** 3R01DC004845-19S1
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
- **Principal Investigator:** LIZABETH M ROMANSKI
- **Activity code:** R01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $66,741
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2001-04-01 → 2022-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10170754

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10170754, Auditory & Integrative Functions of the Prefrontal Cortex DIVERSITY SUPPLEMENT (3R01DC004845-19S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10170754. Licensed CC0.

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