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Theta oscillations shift towards optimal frequency for cognitive control

View ORCID ProfileMehdi Senoussi, View ORCID ProfilePieter Verbeke, View ORCID ProfileKobe Desender, View ORCID ProfileEsther De Loof, View ORCID ProfileDurk Talsma, View ORCID ProfileTom Verguts
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.08.30.273706
Mehdi Senoussi
1Department of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University, Belgium
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Pieter Verbeke
1Department of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University, Belgium
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Kobe Desender
1Department of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University, Belgium
2Department of Neurophysiology and Pathophysiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
3Brain and Cognition, KU Leuven, Belgium
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Esther De Loof
1Department of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University, Belgium
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Durk Talsma
1Department of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University, Belgium
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Tom Verguts
1Department of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University, Belgium
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Abstract

Cognitive control is supported by theta band (4-7Hz) neural oscillations that coordinate distant neural populations for task implementation. Task performance has been shown to depend on theta amplitude but a second critical aspect of theta oscillations, its peak frequency, has mostly been overlooked. Using modelling, behavioral and electrophysiological recordings, we show that theta oscillations adapt to task demands by shifting towards the optimal frequency.

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Theta oscillations shift towards optimal frequency for cognitive control
Mehdi Senoussi, Pieter Verbeke, Kobe Desender, Esther De Loof, Durk Talsma, Tom Verguts
bioRxiv 2020.08.30.273706; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.08.30.273706
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Theta oscillations shift towards optimal frequency for cognitive control
Mehdi Senoussi, Pieter Verbeke, Kobe Desender, Esther De Loof, Durk Talsma, Tom Verguts
bioRxiv 2020.08.30.273706; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.08.30.273706

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