Nature Communications (Dec 2017)

Fluctuations in instantaneous frequency predict alpha amplitude during visual perception

  • Stephanie Nelli,
  • Sirawaj Itthipuripat,
  • Ramesh Srinivasan,
  • John T. Serences

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02176-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Though the amplitude and frequency of neural oscillations in the alpha band are related to dissociable visual processes, they are not independent mathematically. Here, the authors show that fluctuations in instantaneous frequency predict alpha amplitude during visual discrimination tasks.