Beyond task response–pre-stimulus activity modulates contents of consciousness

G Northoff, F Zilio, J Zhang - Physics of life reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
The current discussion on the neural correlates of the contents of consciousness (NCCc)
focuses mainly on the post-stimulus period of task-related activity. This neglects the …

Double dissociation of spontaneous alpha-band activity and pupil-linked arousal on additive and multiplicative perceptual gain

A Pilipenko, J Samaha - Journal of Neuroscience, 2024 - Soc Neuroscience
Perception is a probabilistic process dependent on external stimulus properties and one's
internal state. However, which internal states influence perception and via what mechanisms …

Predictions and rewards affect decision-making but not subjective experience

N Sánchez-Fuenzalida, S Van Gaal… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
To survive, organisms constantly make decisions to avoid danger and maximize rewards in
information-rich environments. As a result, decisions about sensory input are not only driven …

Dissociable neural mechanisms underlie the effects of attention on visual appearance and response bias

S Itthipuripat, T Phangwiwat… - Journal of …, 2023 - Soc Neuroscience
A prominent theoretical framework spanning philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience
holds that selective attention penetrates early stages of perceptual processing to alter the …

Beyond alpha band: prestimulus local oscillation and interregional synchrony of the beta band shape the temporal perception of the audiovisual beep-flash stimulus

Z Jiang, X An, S Liu, E Yin, Y Yan… - Journal of Neural …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective: Sensory integration is modulated by local prestimulus ongoing oscillatory activity
which was suggested to play a role in organizing general neural processes such as …

State-dependent tACS effects reveal the potential causal role of prestimulus alpha traveling waves in visual contrast detection

J Wei, A Alamia, Z Yao, G Huang, L Li, Z Liang… - Journal of …, 2024 - jneurosci.org
The intricate relationship between prestimulus alpha oscillations and visual contrast
detection variability has been the focus of numerous studies. However, the causal impact of …

Inhalation boosts perceptual awareness and decision speed

L Molle, A Coste, CE Benoit… - Journal of …, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
The emergence of consciousness is one of biology's biggest mysteries. During the past two
decades, a major effort has been made to identify the neural correlates of consciousness …

Alpha-band lateralization and microsaccades elicited by exogenous cues do not track attentional orienting

E Balestrieri, R Michel, NA Busch - eneuro, 2024 - eneuro.org
We explore the world by constantly shifting our focus of attention toward salient stimuli and
then disengaging from them in search of new ones. The alpha rhythm (8–13 Hz) has been …

Distinct oscillatory patterns differentiate between segregation and integration processes in perceptual grou**

GN Costa, M Schaum, JV Duarte, R Martins… - Human Brain …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Recently, there has been a resurgence in experimental and conceptual efforts to understand
how brain rhythms can serve to organize visual information. Oscillations can provide …

Distinct cortical networks subserve spatio-temporal sampling in vision through different oscillatory rhythms

L Ronconi, E Balestrieri, D Baldauf… - Journal of Cognitive …, 2024 - direct.mit.edu
Although visual input arrives continuously, sensory information is segmented into (quasi-)
discrete events. Here, we investigated the neural correlates of spatiotemporal binding in …