Alpha Oscillations Correlate with the Successful Inhibition of Unattended Stimuli

By Barbara F. Händel, Thomas Haarmeier, Ole Jensen. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 2011

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Shaping Functional Architecture by Oscillatory Alpha Activity: Gating by Inhibition (2010, background): “Interestingly, this hemispheric alpha lateralization had consequences for detection performance even when it was attenuated by moving-dot kinematograms (Handel et al., 2010).”
The Theta-Gamma Neural Code (2013, unknown): “This increase is associated with suppression of information that is irrelevant to the task (Thut et al., 2006) and with improved performance (Handel et al., 2011).”
Resting-state EEG correlates of sustained attention in healthy ageing: Cross-sectional findings from the LEISURE study. (2024, background): “Together, these results highlight the potential of resting-state EEG parameters as biomarkers for cognition and ageing, enhance the knowledge of the neurophysiological foundations of sustained attention, and advance our understanding of the cognitive ageing process.”
Online and offline effects of parietal 10 Hz repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on working memory in healthy controls (2024, background): “…while the increase in alpha power during the maintenance phase served as an active inhibition mechanism to prevent the entry of additional information so that only the already encoded information could be maintained within the working memory system (Bonnefond & Jensen, 2012; Händel et al., 2011).”
How to refocus attention on working memory representations following interruptions—Evidence from frontal theta and posterior alpha oscillations (2021, background): “Such alpha power effects can thus track the attended hemifield (Händel et al., 2011; Schneider et al., 2021; Worden et al., 2000).”
Frontal theta and posterior alpha oscillations reflect the reactivation of working memory representations following interruptions (2020, result): “…with previous studies suggesting a relation between alpha oscillations and the inhibition of irrelevant information (e.g. Bonnefond & Jensen, 2013; Händel et al., 2011; Rösner et al., 2020; Wöstmann et al., 2019), this alpha power increase might reflect the removal of mental representations of…”