Journal
TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES
Volume 20, Issue 12, Pages 916-930Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE LONDON
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2016.09.007
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Funding
- NINDS Javits Award [R37NS21135]
- Nielsen Corporation
- German Research Foundation (DFG) [SFB936/A321]
- Department of Psychology, University of Oslo
- Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
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The prefrontal cortex (PFC) provides the structural basis for numerous higher cognitive functions. However, it is still largely unknown which mechanisms provide the functional basis for flexible cognitive control of goal-directed behavior. Here, we review recent findings that suggest that the functional architecture of cognition is profoundly rhythmic and propose that the PFC serves as a conductor to orchestrate task-relevant large-scale networks. We highlight several studies that demonstrated that oscillatory dynamics, such as phase resetting, cross-frequency coupling (CFC), and entrainment, support PFC-dependent recruitment of task-relevant regions into coherent functional networks. Importantly, these findings support the notion that distinct spectral signatures reflect different cortical computations supporting effective multiplexing on different temporal channels along the same anatomical pathways.
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