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ArticleCognitive neuroscience2017

Cognitive enhancement: it's about time.

Heleen A Slagter, Marlies E Vissers, Lotte J Talsma, K Richard Ridderinkhof

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Article in Cognitive neuroscience, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Heleen A Slagtera Department of Psychology and Amsterdam Brain and Cognition , University of Amsterdam , Amsterdam , the Netherlands.
Marlies E Vissersa Department of Psychology and Amsterdam Brain and Cognition , University of Amsterdam , Amsterdam , the Netherlands.
Lotte J Talsmaa Department of Psychology and Amsterdam Brain and Cognition , University of Amsterdam , Amsterdam , the Netherlands.
K Richard Ridderinkhofa Department of Psychology and Amsterdam Brain and Cognition , University of Amsterdam , Amsterdam , the Netherlands.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Voelker et al. (2016) discuss the intriguing possibility that faster response times after training result from changes in white matter pathways, and propose that frontal theta activity is important for inducing these changes. We argue that, depending on the specific cognitive processes and brain networks targeted by training, oscillatory activity in other frequency bands could produce similar changes in white matter. Such changes can have a profound effect on brain function and performance if they optimize the timing of information transmission through neural networks. It is not about frequency or speed per se; it is about time.

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White MatterBrainCognitionHumansReaction TimebrainCognitive trainingmeditationoscillationsthetawhite matter

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PMID27414638

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