Top-Down Controlled Alpha Band Activity in Somatosensory Areas Determines Behavioral Performance in a Discrimination Task
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Top-down controlled alpha band activity in somatosensory areas determines behavioral performance in a discrimination task.
The brain receives a rich flow of information which must be processed according to behavioral relevance. How is the state of the sensory system adjusted to up- or downregulate processing according to anticipation? We used magnetoencephalography to investigate whether prestimulus alpha band activity (8-14 Hz) reflects allocation of attentional resources in the human somatosensory system. Subject...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neuroscience
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0270-6474,1529-2401
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.5199-10.2011