The many characters of visual alpha oscillations

MS Clayton, N Yeung… - European Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
A central feature of human brain activity is the alpha rhythm: a 7–13 Hz oscillation observed
most notably over occipitoparietal brain regions during periods of eyes‐closed rest. Alpha …

Getting rid of visual distractors: The why, when, how, and where

L Chelazzi, F Marini, D Pascucci, M Turatto - Current opinion in psychology, 2019 - Elsevier
Distractor suppression, or the ability to disregard salient distractors while dealing with task-
relevant information, is a key component of selective attention. Recent research has shown …

[HTML][HTML] The development of theta and alpha neural oscillations from ages 3 to 24 years

D Cellier, J Riddle, I Petersen, K Hwang - Developmental cognitive …, 2021 - Elsevier
Intrinsic, unconstrained neural activity exhibits rich spatial, temporal, and spectral
organization that undergoes continuous refinement from childhood through adolescence …

Communication between brain areas based on nested oscillations

M Bonnefond, S Kastner, O Jensen - eneuro, 2017 - eneuro.org
Unraveling how brain regions communicate is crucial for understanding how the brain
processes external and internal information. Neuronal oscillations within and across brain …

The decoupled mind: mind-wandering disrupts cortical phase-locking to perceptual events

B Baird, J Smallwood, A Lutz… - Journal of Cognitive …, 2014 - direct.mit.edu
The mind flows in a “stream of consciousness,” which often neglects immediate sensory
input in favor of focusing on intrinsic, self-generated thoughts or images. Although …

Gamma activity coupled to alpha phase as a mechanism for top-down controlled gating

M Bonnefond, O Jensen - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Coupling between neural oscillations in different frequency bands has been proposed to
coordinate neural processing. In particular, gamma power coupled to alpha phase is …

Right temporal alpha oscillations as a neural mechanism for inhibiting obvious associations

CDB Luft, I Zioga, NM Thompson… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Creative cognition requires mental exploration of remotely connected concepts while
suppressing dominant ones. Across four experiments using different samples of participants …

[HTML][HTML] Not so different after all: The same oscillatory processes support different types of attention

JN Frey, P Ruhnau, N Weisz - Brain research, 2015 - Elsevier
Scientific research from the last two decades has provided a vast amount of evidence that
brain oscillations reflect physiological activity enabling diverse cognitive processes. The …

Neurofeedback for the education of children with ADHD and specific learning disorders: A Review

AU Patil, D Madathil, YT Fan, OJL Tzeng, CM Huang… - Brain Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Neurofeedback (NF) is a type of biofeedback in which an individual's brain activity is
measured and presented to them to support self-regulation of ongoing brain oscillations and …

Alpha oscillations are causally linked to inhibitory abilities in ageing

G Borghini, M Candini, C Filannino… - Journal of …, 2018 - Soc Neuroscience
Aging adults typically show reduced ability to ignore task-irrelevant information, an essential
skill for optimal performance in many cognitive operations, including those requiring working …