Trial reportPloS one2013
Alpha-band rhythms in visual task performance: phase-locking by rhythmic sensory stimulation.
Trial report in PloS one, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 102 papers.
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102 citing papers in PubMed, 212 citations in OpenAlex.
- A randomized controlled trial of alpha phase-locked auditory stimulation to treat symptoms of sleep onset insomnia.Scientific reports · 2024Trial
- A parallel randomized controlled trial examining the effects of rhythmic sensory stimulation on fibromyalgia symptoms.PloS one · 2019Trial
- Alpha-band sensory entrainment alters the duration of temporal windows in visual perception.Scientific reports · 2018Trial
- Steady state visual evoked potential (SSVEP) based brain-computer interface (BCI) performance under different perturbations.PloS one · 2018Trial
- Local entrainment of α oscillations by visual stimuli causes cyclic modulation of perception.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2014Trial
- Rhythmic stimulation elicits multiple, concurrent neural responses.Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) · 2026Article
- Prolonged Visual Entrainment Induces Long-Lasting Alpha-Band Modulations.Psychophysiology · 2026Article
- Theta rhythm-based attention switch training can alleviate the difficulty in disengaging from negative stimuli.iScience · 2026Article
- Auditory neural entrainment: frequency-specific functional roles and emerging applications in neurological and psychiatric disorders.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2026Review
- Modulating Gamma Oscillations in the Anterior Cingulate Cortex with Intermittent Theta Burst Stimulation: Implications for Chronic Non-Specific Low Back Pain.Journal of pain research · 2025Review
- Spectral tuning and after-effects in neural entrainment.Behavioral and brain functions : BBF · 2024Article
- Sensory stimulation enhances visual working memory capacity.Communications psychology · 2024Article
- Alpha-band sensory entrainment improves audiovisual temporal acuity.Psychonomic bulletin & review · 2024Article
- Analysis of Cortico-Muscular Coupling and Functional Brain Network under Different Standing Balance Paradigms.Brain sciences · 2024Article
- Frequency tagging of spatial attention using periliminal flickers.Imaging neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2024Article
- Perceptual foundation and extension to phase tagging for rapid invisible frequency tagging (RIFT).Imaging neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2024Article
- Rhythmic Entrainment Echoes in Auditory Perception.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2023Article
- Investigating the role of task relevance during rhythmic sampling of spatial locations.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Forward entrainment: Psychophysics, neural correlates, and function.Psychonomic bulletin & review · 2023Review
- Electrophysiological and Behavioral Effects of Alpha-Band Sensory Entrainment: Neural Mechanisms and Clinical Applications.Biomedicines · 2023Review
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Abstract
Oscillations are an important aspect of neuronal activity. Interestingly, oscillatory patterns are also observed in behaviour, such as in visual performance measures after the presentation of a brief sensory event in the visual or another modality. These oscillations in visual performance cycle at the typical frequencies of brain rhythms, suggesting that perception may be closely linked to brain oscillations. We here investigated this link for a prominent rhythm of the visual system (the alpha-rhythm, 8-12 Hz) by applying rhythmic visual stimulation at alpha-frequency (10.6 Hz), known to lead to a resonance response in visual areas, and testing its effects on subsequent visual target discrimination. Our data show that rhythmic visual stimulation at 10.6 Hz: 1) has specific behavioral consequences, relative to stimulation at control frequencies (3.9 Hz, 7.1 Hz, 14.2 Hz), and 2) leads to alpha-band oscillations in visual performance measures, that 3) correlate in precise frequency across individuals with resting alpha-rhythms recorded over parieto-occipital areas. The most parsimonious explanation for these three findings is entrainment (phase-locking) of ongoing perceptually relevant alpha-band brain oscillations by rhythmic sensory events. These findings are in line with occipital alpha-oscillations underlying periodicity in visual performance, and suggest that rhythmic stimulation at frequencies of intrinsic brain-rhythms can be used to reveal influences of these rhythms on task performance to study their functional roles.
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