Rhythmic sampling revisited Experimental paradigms and neural mechanisms

" Sampling of information is thought to be an important aspect of explorative behaviour. Evidence for it has been gained in behavioural assessments of a variety of overt and covert cognitive domains, including sensation, attention, memory, eye movements and dexterity. A common aspect across many findings is that sampling tends to exhibit a rhythmicity at low frequencies (theta, 4–8 Hz; alpha, 9–12 Hz). Neurophysiological investigations in a wide range of species, including rodents, non-human primates and humans have demonstrated the presence of sampling related neural oscillations in a number of brain areas ranging from early sensory cortex, hippocampus to high-level cognitive areas." {Credits 1}

{Credits 1} 🎪 Kienitz, R., Schmid, M. C., & Dugué, L. (2021). Rhythmic sampling revisited: Experimental paradigms and neural mechanisms. European Journal of Neuroscience, 1– 15. © 2021 The Authors. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-ND License..