title: Behavioral State--Getting "In The Zone".
abstract: In this issue of Neuron, McGinley et al. (2015) investigate a classic observation from psychology linking arousal state with behavioral performance, demonstrating neural correlates of an "optimal" state for an auditory detection task.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Neuroscience and Department of Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA.
authors.forename: Joseph B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Wekselblatt
authors.affiliation: Institute of Neuroscience and Department of Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA. Electronic address: cniell@uoregon.edu.
authors.forename: Cristopher M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Niell
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001143:Arousal / Q000502:physiology*; D001303:Auditory Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000502:physiology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D017603:Signal Detection, Psychological / Q000502:physiology*