Journal article
Alerting attention is sufficient to induce a phase-dependent behavior that can be predicted by frontal EEG
Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience, v 17, pp 1176865-1176865
24 May 2023
PMID: 37292166
Abstract
Recent studies suggest that attention is rhythmic. Whether that rhythmicity can be explained by the phase of ongoing neural oscillations, however, is still debated. We contemplate that a step toward untangling the relationship between attention and phase stems from employing simple behavioral tasks that isolate attention from other cognitive functions (perception/decision-making) and by localized monitoring of neural activity with high spatiotemporal resolution over the brain regions associated with the attentional network. In this study, we investigated whether the phase of electroencephalography (EEG) oscillations predicts alerting attention. We isolated the alerting mechanism of attention using the Psychomotor Vigilance Task, which does not involve a perceptual component, and collected high resolution EEG using novel high-density dry EEG arrays at the frontal region of the scalp. We identified that alerting attention alone is sufficient to induce a phase-dependent modulation of behavior at EEG frequencies of 3, 6, and 8 Hz throughout the frontal region, and we quantified the phase that predicts the high and low attention states in our cohort. Our findings disambiguate the relationship between EEG phase and alerting attention.
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- Title
- Alerting attention is sufficient to induce a phase-dependent behavior that can be predicted by frontal EEG
- Creators
- Georgios Mentzelopoulos - University of PennsylvaniaNicolette Driscoll - University of PennsylvaniaSneha Shankar - University of PennsylvaniaBrian Kim - Drexel UniversityRyan Rich - Drexel UniversityGuadalupe Fernandez-Nunez - Drexel UniversityHarrison Stoll - Drexel UniversityBrian Erickson - Drexel UniversityJohn Dominic Medaglia - Drexel UniversityFlavia Vitale - University of Pennsylvania
- Publication Details
- Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience, v 17, pp 1176865-1176865
- Publisher
- Frontiers Media S.A
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- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences (Psychology)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:001002190700001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85161245710
- Other Identifier
- 991021229996304721
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- Behavioral Sciences
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