A dual role of prestimulus spontaneous neural activity in visual object recognition

Ella Podvalny; Matthew W. Flounders; Leana E. King; Tom Holroyd; Biyu J. He

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-11877-4

Nature Communications (Sep 2019)

A dual role of prestimulus spontaneous neural activity in visual object recognition

Ella Podvalny,
Matthew W. Flounders,
Leana E. King,
Tom Holroyd,
Biyu J. He

Affiliations

Ella Podvalny: Neuroscience Institute, New York University School of Medicine
Matthew W. Flounders: Neuroscience Institute, New York University School of Medicine
Leana E. King: Neuroscience Institute, New York University School of Medicine
Tom Holroyd: Magnetoencephalography Core Facility, National Institute of Mental Health
Biyu J. He: Neuroscience Institute, New York University School of Medicine

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11877-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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The effect of spontaneous variations in prestimulus neural activity on subsequent perception is incompletely understood. Here, using MEG, the authors identify two distinct neural processes that can influence object recognition in different ways.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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