title: Neurosystems: brain rhythms and cognitive processing.
abstract: Neuronal rhythms are ubiquitous features of brain dynamics, and are highly correlated with cognitive processing. However, the relationship between the physiological mechanisms producing these rhythms and the functions associated with the rhythms remains mysterious. This article investigates the contributions of rhythms to basic cognitive computations (such as filtering signals by coherence and/or frequency) and to major cognitive functions (such as attention and multi-modal coordination). We offer support to the premise that the physiology underlying brain rhythms plays an essential role in how these rhythms facilitate some cognitive operations.
authors: Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Boston University, 111 Cummington Mall, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
authors: Jonathan
authors: J
authors: Cannon
authors: Michelle M
authors: MM
authors: McCarthy
authors: Shane
authors: S
authors: Lee
authors: Jung
authors: J
authors: Lee
authors: Christoph
authors: C
authors: Börgers
authors: Miles A
authors: MA
authors: Whittington
authors: Nancy
authors: N
authors: Kopell
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D006801:Humans
keywords: attention; beta rhythm; coherence filtering; frequency filtering; gamma rhythm