title: White matter and reaction time: Reply to commentaries.
abstract: We appreciate the many comments we received on our discussion paper and believe that they reflect a recognition of the importance of this topic worldwide. We point out in this reply that there appears to be a confusion between the role of oscillations in creating white matter and other functions of oscillations in communicating between neural areas during task performance or at rest. We also discuss some mechanisms other than the enhancement of white matter that must influence reaction time. We recognize the limited understanding we have of transfer and outline some future directions designed to improve our understanding of this process.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychology , University of Oregon , Eugene , OR , USA.
authors.forename: Pascale
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Voelker
authors.affiliation: b Institute of Neuroscience , University of Oregon , Eugene , OR , USA.
authors.forename: Denise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Piscopo
authors.affiliation: b Institute of Neuroscience , University of Oregon , Eugene , OR , USA.
authors.forename: Aldis P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Weible
authors.affiliation: c Psychiatry & Human Behavior , University of California , Irvine , CA , USA.
authors.forename: Gary
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lynch
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychology , University of Oregon , Eugene , OR , USA.
authors.forename: Mary K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Rothbart
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychology , University of Oregon , Eugene , OR , USA.|b Institute of Neuroscience , University of Oregon , Eugene , OR , USA.
authors.forename: Michael I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Posner
authors.affiliation: b Institute of Neuroscience , University of Oregon , Eugene , OR , USA.
authors.forename: Cristopher M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Niell
mesh_terms: D003071:Cognition; D056324:Diffusion Tensor Imaging; D006801:Humans; D011930:Reaction Time; D066127:White Matter
keywords: Diffusion tensor imaging; oligodendrocytes; oscillations; transfer; white matter