Jessica G Williams, William J Harrison, Henry A Beale, Jason B Mattingley, Anthony M Harris
Neural oscillations reflect fluctuations in the relative excitation/inhibition of neural systems1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 and are theorized to play a critical role in canonical neural computations6 , 7 , 8 , 9 and cognitive processes.10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 These theories have been supported by findings that detection of visual stimuli fluctuates with the phase of oscillations prior to stimulus onset.15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 However, null results have emerged in studies seeking to demonstrate these effects in visual discrimination tasks,24 , 25 , 26 , 27 raising questions about the generalizability of these phenomena to wider neural processes...
March 27, 2024: Current Biology: CB