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Neurosystems: brain rhythms and cognitive processing
Jonathan Cannon1, Michelle M McCarthy, Shane Lee
1Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Boston University, 111 Cummington Mall, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
Abstract:
Neuronal rhythms are ubiquitous features of brain dynamics, and are highly correlated with cognitive processing. However, the relationship between the physiological mechanisms producing these rhythms and the functions associated with the rhythms remains mysterious. This article investigates the contributions of rhythms to basic cognitive computations (such as filtering signals by coherence and/or frequency) and to major cognitive functions (such as attention and multi-modal coordination). We offer support to the premise that the physiology underlying brain rhythms plays an essential role in how these rhythms facilitate some cognitive operations.
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