[HTML][HTML] Entropy and the brain: An overview

S Keshmiri - Entropy, 2020 - mdpi.com
Entropy is a powerful tool for quantification of the brain function and its information
processing capacity. This is evident in its broad domain of applications that range from …

Behavior needs neural variability

L Waschke, NA Kloosterman, J Obleser, DD Garrett - Neuron, 2021 - cell.com
Human and non-human animal behavior is highly malleable and adapts successfully to
internal and external demands. Such behavioral success stands in striking contrast to the …

Do age-related differences in aperiodic neural activity explain differences in resting EEG alpha?

A Merkin, S Sghirripa, L Graetz, AE Smith… - Neurobiology of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Alpha-band oscillatory activity in human electroencephalography (EEG) becomes slower
and lower in amplitude with advanced age. However, the influence of aperiodic activity on …

Modality-specific tracking of attention and sensory statistics in the human electrophysiological spectral exponent

L Waschke, T Donoghue, L Fiedler, S Smith, DD Garrett… - elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
A hallmark of electrophysiological brain activity is its 1/f-like spectrum–power decreases with
increasing frequency. The steepness of this 'roll-off'is approximated by the spectral …

[HTML][HTML] Decomposing alpha and 1/f brain activities reveals their differential associations with cognitive processing speed

G Ouyang, A Hildebrandt, F Schmitz, CS Herrmann - NeuroImage, 2020 - Elsevier
Research in cognitive neuroscience has extensively demonstrated that the temporal
dynamics of brain activity are associated with cognitive functioning. The temporal dynamics …

Separating neural oscillations from aperiodic 1/f activity: challenges and recommendations

M Gerster, G Waterstraat, V Litvak, K Lehnertz… - Neuroinformatics, 2022 - Springer
Electrophysiological power spectra typically consist of two components: An aperiodic part
usually following an 1/f power law P∝ 1/f β and periodic components appearing as spectral …

Changes in EEG multiscale entropy and power‐law frequency scaling during the human sleep cycle

V Miskovic, KJ MacDonald, LJ Rhodes… - Human brain …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We explored changes in multiscale brain signal complexity and power‐law scaling
exponents of electroencephalogram (EEG) frequency spectra across several distinct global …

[HTML][HTML] Spectral parameterization for studying neurodevelopment: How and why

B Ostlund, T Donoghue, B Anaya, KE Gunther… - Developmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
A growing body of literature suggests that the explicit parameterization of neural power
spectra is important for the appropriate physiological interpretation of periodic and aperiodic …

Adolescent-to-adult gains in cognitive flexibility are adaptively supported by reward sensitivity, exploration, and neural variability

AC Parr, VJ Sydnor, FJ Calabro, B Luna - Current Opinion in Behavioral …, 2024 - Elsevier
Highlights•Different forms of cognitive flexibility show dissociable developmental
trajectories.•An adolescent-specific mode of flexibility scaffolds adult-like cognitive …

Dynamic relationships between spontaneous and evoked electrophysiological activity

S Wainio-Theberge, A Wolff, G Northoff - Communications biology, 2021 - nature.com
Spontaneous neural activity fluctuations have been shown to influence trial-by-trial variation
in perceptual, cognitive, and behavioral outcomes. However, the complex …