Target enhancement or distractor suppression? Functionally distinct alpha oscillations form the basis of attention

D Schneider, SK Herbst, LI Klatt… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Recent advances in attention research have been propelled by the debate on target
enhancement versus distractor suppression. A predominant neural correlate of attention is …

Spontaneous fluctuations in oscillatory brain state cause differences in transcranial magnetic stimulation effects within and between individuals

SEW Janssens, AT Sack - Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) can cause measurable effects on neural activity
and behavioral performance in healthy volunteers. In addition, TMS is increasingly used in …

Rhythms in cognition: The evidence revisited

C Keitel, M Ruzzoli, L Dugué, NA Busch… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Eur J Neurosci. 2022; 55: 2991–3009. wileyonlinelibrary. com/journal/ejn 2991 and with a
certain strength or amplitude (Figure 1). Attempts to account for the functional relevance of …

Distinct roles of forward and backward alpha-band waves in spatial visual attention

A Alamia, L Terral, MR D'ambra, R VanRullen - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
Previous research has associated alpha-band [8–12 Hz] oscillations with inhibitory
functions: for instance, several studies showed that visual attention increases alpha-band …

Coupling of pupil-and neuronal population dynamics reveals diverse influences of arousal on cortical processing

T Pfeffer, C Keitel, DS Kluger, A Keitel, A Russmann… - elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Fluctuations in arousal, controlled by subcortical neuromodulatory systems, continuously
shape cortical state, with profound consequences for information processing. Yet, how …

Propofol disrupts alpha dynamics in functionally distinct thalamocortical networks during loss of consciousness

VS Weiner, DW Zhou, P Kahali… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
During propofol-induced general anesthesia, alpha rhythms measured using
electroencephalography undergo a striking shift from posterior to anterior, termed …

[HTML][HTML] Is sensor space analysis good enough? Spatial patterns as a tool for assessing spatial mixing of EEG/MEG rhythms

N Schaworonkow, VV Nikulin - NeuroImage, 2022 - Elsevier
Analyzing non-invasive recordings of electroencephalography (EEG) and
magnetoencephalography (MEG) directly in sensor space, using the signal from individual …

A traveling waves perspective on temporal binding

A Alamia, R VanRullen - Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 2024 - direct.mit.edu
Brain oscillations are involved in many cognitive processes, and several studies have
investigated their role in cognition. In particular, the phase of certain oscillations has been …

Spatial attentional selection modulates early visual stimulus processing independently of visual alpha modulations

C Gundlach, S Moratti, N Forschack… - Cerebral Cortex, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The capacity-limited human brain is constantly confronted with a huge amount of sensory
information. Selective attention is needed for biasing neural processing towards relevant …

[HTML][HTML] Perceptual echoes as travelling waves may arise from two discrete neuronal sources

A Zhigalov, O Jensen - NeuroImage, 2023 - Elsevier
Growing evidence suggests that travelling waves are functionally relevant for cognitive
operations in the brain. Several electroencephalography (EEG) studies report on a …