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View article: Personal Rhythms of Memory: Investigating Individual Effects of Preferred Theta Phase Lag between Sensory Inputs on Associative Memory
Personal Rhythms of Memory: Investigating Individual Effects of Preferred Theta Phase Lag between Sensory Inputs on Associative Memory Open
Episodic memory formation requires integrating multisensory information. Inspired by animal research on how hippocampal theta oscillations modulate long-term potentiation, recent human studies have demonstrated that memory for auditory and…
View article: Personal Rhythms of Memory: Investigating Individual Effects of Preferred Theta Phase Lag between Sensory Inputs on Associative Memory
Personal Rhythms of Memory: Investigating Individual Effects of Preferred Theta Phase Lag between Sensory Inputs on Associative Memory Open
Episodic memory formation requires integrating multisensory information. Inspired by animal research on how hippocampal theta oscillations modulate long-term potentiation, recent human studies have demonstrated that memory for auditory and…
View article: Effects of transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) on neural oscillations in speech perception are replicable and predictable
Effects of transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) on neural oscillations in speech perception are replicable and predictable Open
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View article: Personal Rhythms of Memory: Investigating Individual Effects of Preferred Theta Phase Lag between Sensory Inputs on Associative Memory
Personal Rhythms of Memory: Investigating Individual Effects of Preferred Theta Phase Lag between Sensory Inputs on Associative Memory Open
Episodic memory formation requires integrating multisensory information. Inspired by animal research on how hippocampal theta oscillations modulate long-term potentiation, recent human studies have demonstrated that memory for auditory and…
View article: Brain rhythms in cognition -- controversies and future directions
Brain rhythms in cognition -- controversies and future directions Open
Brain rhythms seem central to understanding the neurophysiological basis of human cognition. Yet, despite significant advances, key questions remain unresolved. In this comprehensive position paper, we review the current state of the art o…
View article: A phase-based mechanism of attentional selection in the auditory system
A phase-based mechanism of attentional selection in the auditory system Open
Perceptual targets are often easier to detect and process if they occur at a predictable time. This perceptual benefit of temporal predictability suggests that neural resources are allocated to specific moments predicted to be most informa…
View article: The Inattentional Rhythm in Audition
The Inattentional Rhythm in Audition Open
The detection of temporally unpredictable visual targets depends on the preceding phase of alpha oscillations (∼7–12 Hz). In audition, however, such an effect seemed to be absent. Due to the transient nature of its input, the auditory syst…
View article: Entrainment echoes in the cerebellum
Entrainment echoes in the cerebellum Open
Evidence accumulates that the cerebellum’s role in the brain is not restricted to motor functions. Rather, cerebellar activity seems to be crucial for a variety of tasks that rely on precise event timing and prediction. Due to its complex …
View article: The inattentional rhythm in audition
The inattentional rhythm in audition Open
The detection of temporally unpredictable visual targets depends on the preceding phase of alpha oscillations (~7-12 Hz). In audition, however, such an effect seemed to be absent. Due to the transient nature of its input, the auditory syst…
View article: Entrainment echoes in the cerebellum
Entrainment echoes in the cerebellum Open
Summary Historically, researchers have considered the cerebellum a coordinator of motor programs that ensures precise timing of movements and their adaptation to external events 1 . However, it has become increasingly clear that this role …
View article: Neural tracking of continuous acoustics: properties, speech‐specificity and open questions
Neural tracking of continuous acoustics: properties, speech‐specificity and open questions Open
Human speech is a particularly relevant acoustic stimulus for our species, due to its role of information transmission during communication. Speech is inherently a dynamic signal, and a recent line of research focused on neural activity fo…
View article: Cutaneous alternating current stimulation can cause a phasic modulation of speech perception
Cutaneous alternating current stimulation can cause a phasic modulation of speech perception Open
Segregating important stimuli from distractors is crucial for successful speech perception. Neural activity synchronized to speech, also termed ''neural speech tracking'', is thought to be instrumental for this purpose. However, the relati…
View article: Opposing neural processing modes alternate rhythmically during sustained auditory attention
Opposing neural processing modes alternate rhythmically during sustained auditory attention Open
During continuous tasks, humans show spontaneous fluctuations in performance, putatively caused by varying attentional resources allocated to process external information. If neural resources are used to process other, presumably “internal…
View article: Rhythmic Entrainment Echoes in Auditory Perception
Rhythmic Entrainment Echoes in Auditory Perception Open
Rhythmic entrainment echoes—rhythmic brain responses that outlast rhythmic stimulation—can demonstrate endogenous neural oscillations entrained by the stimulus rhythm. Here, we tested for such echoes in auditory perception. Participants de…
View article: Intelligibility improves perception of timing changes in speech
Intelligibility improves perception of timing changes in speech Open
Auditory rhythms are ubiquitous in music, speech, and other everyday sounds. Yet, it is unclear how perceived rhythms arise from the repeating structure of sounds. For speech, it is unclear whether rhythm is solely derived from acoustic pr…
View article: Decision letter: Bayesian analysis of phase data in EEG and MEG
Decision letter: Bayesian analysis of phase data in EEG and MEG Open
Full text Figures and data Side by side Abstract Editor's evaluation eLife digest Introduction Materials and methods Results Discussion Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Appendix 3 Appendix 4 Appendix 5 Appendix 6 Appendix 7 Appendix 8 Appendix 9 Data…
View article: Rhythmic Entrainment Echoes in Auditory Perception
Rhythmic Entrainment Echoes in Auditory Perception Open
Rhythmic entrainment echoes – rhythmic brain responses that outlast rhythmic stimulation – can evidence endogenous neural oscillations entrained by the stimulus rhythm. We here tested for such echoes in auditory perception. Participants de…
View article: Neural Dynamics in Speech Processing: Properties, Specificity and Open Questions
Neural Dynamics in Speech Processing: Properties, Specificity and Open Questions Open
Human speech is a particularly relevant acoustic stimulus for our species, due to its role of information transmission during communication. Speech is inherently a dynamic signal, and a recent line of research focused on neural activity fo…
View article: Intelligibility improves perception of timing changes in speech
Intelligibility improves perception of timing changes in speech Open
Auditory rhythms are ubiquitous in music, speech, and other everyday sounds. Yet, it is unclear how perceived rhythms arise from the repeating structure of sounds. For speech, it is unclear whether rhythm is solely derived from acoustic pr…
View article: A checklist for assessing the methodological quality of concurrent tES-fMRI studies (ContES checklist): a consensus study and statement
A checklist for assessing the methodological quality of concurrent tES-fMRI studies (ContES checklist): a consensus study and statement Open
Low-intensity transcranial electrical stimulation (tES), including alternating or direct current stimulation, applies weak electrical stimulation to modulate the activity of brain circuits. Integration of tES with concurrent functional MRI…
View article: Decision letter: Neural synchronization is strongest to the spectral flux of slow music and depends on familiarity and beat salience
Decision letter: Neural synchronization is strongest to the spectral flux of slow music and depends on familiarity and beat salience Open
Article Figures and data Abstract Editor's evaluation eLife digest Introduction Results Discussion Materials and methods Appendix 1 Data availability References Decision letter Author response Article and author information Abstract Neural…
View article: Oscillation or not—Why we can and need to know (commentary on Doelling and Assaneo, 2021)
Oscillation or not—Why we can and need to know (commentary on Doelling and Assaneo, 2021) Open
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View article: Human Hippocampal Neurons Track Moments in a Sequence of Events
Human Hippocampal Neurons Track Moments in a Sequence of Events Open
An indispensable feature of episodic memory is our ability to temporally piece together different elements of an experience into a coherent memory. Hippocampal time cells-neurons that represent temporal information-may play a critical role…
View article: Oscillation or not – why we can and need to know
Oscillation or not – why we can and need to know Open
Neural oscillations are pivotal to brain function and cognition, but they can be difficult to identify. Researchers engage in careful experimentation to identify their presence, ruling out non-oscillatory processes that could give rise to …
View article: Sustained neural rhythms reveal endogenous oscillations supporting speech perception
Sustained neural rhythms reveal endogenous oscillations supporting speech perception Open
Rhythmic sensory or electrical stimulation will produce rhythmic brain responses. These rhythmic responses are often interpreted as endogenous neural oscillations aligned (or “entrained”) to the stimulus rhythm. However, stimulus-aligned b…
View article: A Checklist for Assessing the Methodological Quality of Concurrent tES-fMRI Studies (ContES Checklist): A Consensus Study and Statement
A Checklist for Assessing the Methodological Quality of Concurrent tES-fMRI Studies (ContES Checklist): A Consensus Study and Statement Open
Background Low intensity transcranial electrical stimulation (tES), including alternating or direct current stimulation (tACS or tDCS), applies weak electrical stimulation to modulate the activity of brain circuits. Integration of tES with…