Abstract
This review highlights recent developments in research on human cortical oscillations in the gamma-band range (30-100 Hz). Electroencephalography has demonstrated a role of these signals for cognitive functions including visual perception, attention, learning and memory. During auditory processing, magnetoencephalogram has identified oscillatory activity in higher frequency ranges and with a more discrete localization than electroencephalogram. Gamma-band activity increases have been observed in the putative auditory dorsal and ventral processing streams during the processing of auditory spatial and pattern information, respectively. Additional gamma-band activity has been found over the frontal cortex during top-down tasks. Oscillatory activity in the gamma range may serve to assess the temporal dynamics of cortical networks and their interactions.
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NeuroscienceElectroencephalographyMagnetoencephalographyCognitionPerceptionAuditory cortexPsychologyDorsumCortex (anatomy)BiologyAnatomy
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- 2005
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- 16
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- 3
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- 207-211
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Jochen Kaiser,
Werner Lutzenberger
(2005).
Human gamma-band activity: A window to cognitive processing.
Neuroreport
, 16
(3)
, 207-211.
https://doi.org/10.1097/00001756-200502280-00001
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- DOI
- 10.1097/00001756-200502280-00001