Synchronous beta rhythms of frontoparietal networks support only behaviorally relevant representations

" We found category-selective beta- and delta-band synchrony between and within the areas. However, in addition to the categories, delta synchrony and spiking activity also reflected irrelevant stimulus dimensions. By contrast, beta synchrony only conveyed information about the task-relevant categories. Further, category-selective PFC neurons were synchronized with PPC beta oscillations, while neurons that carried irrelevant information were not. These results suggest that long-range beta-band synchrony could act as a filter that only supports neural representations of the variables relevant to the task at hand." {Credits 1}

{Credits 1} 🎪 Antzoulatos, E. G., & Miller, E. K. (2016). Synchronous beta rhythms of frontoparietal networks support only behaviorally relevant representations. Elife, 5, e17822. © Antzoulatos and Miller. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.