The traditional belief is that brain oscillations are important for human long-term memory,
because they induce synchronized firing between cell assemblies which shapes synaptic …

Cognitive functions not only depend on the localization of neural activity, but also on the
precise temporal pattern of activity in neural assemblies. Synchronization of action potential …

Accumulating evidence suggests that the synchronization of neuronal activity plays an
important role in memory formation. In particular, several recent studies have demonstrated …

Massed synchronised neuronal firing is detrimental to information processing. When
networks of task-irrelevant neurons fire in unison, they mask the signal generated by task …

In this issue of Neuron, Helfrich et al.(2017) demonstrate that phase-amplitude coupling
(PAC) between slow oscillations and spindles is crucial for memory consolidation, and shifts …

In recent years, studies ranging from single-unit recordings in animals to
electroencephalography and magnetoencephalography studies in humans have …

Intracranial high-frequency activity (HFA), which refers to fast fluctuations in
electrophysiological recordings, increases during memory processing. Two views have …

Brain oscillations are increasingly recognized by memory researchers as a useful tool to
unravel the neural mechanisms underlying the formation of a memory trace. However, the …

The idea that synchronous neural activity underlies cognition has driven an extensive body
of research in human and animal neuroscience. Yet, insufficient data on intracranial …

To test the hypothesis that neural oscillations synchronize to mediate memory encoding, we
analyzed electrocorticographic recordings taken as 68 human neurosurgical patients …