The role of alpha-band brain oscillations as a sensory suppression mechanism during selective attention.

Evidence has amassed from both animal intracranial recordings and human electrophysiology that neural oscillatory mechanisms play a critical role in a number of cognitive functions such as learning, memory, feature binding and sensory gating. The wide availability of high-density electrical and mag...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: John J Foxe, Adam C. Snyder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2011-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
EEG
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00154/full