The Importance of Timing in Segregated Theta Phase-Coupling for Cognitive Performance

• Published in: Current biology Vol. 22; no. 14; pp. 1314 - 1318
• Main Authors: Polanía, Rafael, Nitsche, Michael A., Korman, Carolin, Batsikadze, Giorgi, Paulus, Walter
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Inc 24.07.2012
• Subjects: Adult; brain; Cognition; Cortical Synchronization; Electric Stimulation; Electroencephalography; Executive Function; Female; Humans; Male; Memory, Short-Term; Parietal Lobe; Parietal Lobe - physiology; physiology; planning; Prefrontal Cortex; Prefrontal Cortex - physiology; Theta Rhythm; Visual Perception; Young Adult

Functional cortical circuits for central executive functions have been shown to emerge by theta (∼6 Hz) phase-coupling of distant cortical areas [1–3]. It has been repeatedly shown that frontoparietal theta coupling at ∼0° relative phase is associated with recognition, encoding, short-term retention...