New results! We tested different control conditions for rh-TMS entrainment and showed ar-TMS performs best (matching sensory without inducing oscillatory effects). Also explored how rh-TMS/ar-TMS/sham-TMS differentially impact Oscillatory and Aperiodic activity! www.brainstimjrnl.com/article/S193...

Optimizing control conditions for entraining neural oscillations using rhythmic TMS

Rhythmic transcranial magnetic stimulation (rh-TMS) is increasingly used to entrain neural oscillations and probe their causal roles in cognition [1-3]. By delivering pulse trains at specific frequenc...

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Setting up a concurrent TMS-fMRI experiment ⚡🧠? Check out our paper just out on when to deliver TMS pulses between MR slice gaps to avoid signal loss. doi.org/10.1016/j.jn.... Thanks to @catrionascrivener.bsky.social M. Correia M. Mada and @alexwoolgar.bsky.social

In what way is the frontoparietal network domain general? We show it uses the same neural resources to represent rules in auditory and visual tasks but does so with independent codes doi.org/10.1162/IMAG..., thanks to A Rich, D Moerel, @linateichmann.bsky.social, J Duncan @alexwoolgar.bsky.social

Domain general frontoparietal regions show modality-dependent coding of auditory and visual rules

Abstract. A defining feature of human cognition is our ability to respond flexibly to what we see and hear, changing how we respond depending on our current goals. In fact, we can rapidly associate al...

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New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Jade B. Jackson, Alex Woolgar, et al: Domain general frontoparietal regions show modality-dependent coding of auditory and visual rules doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...

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🚨New paper alert!⚡🧠Using concurrent TMS-EEG & MVPA in a selec attention task, we show parietal alpha rh-TMS (entrainment) specifically and causally enhances spatial attention ('where' info) coded by ERPs and alpha power, but not 'what' info or visual features. www.brainstimjrnl.com/article/S193...

Parietal alpha stimulation causally enhances attentional information coding in evoked and oscillatory activity

Selective attention is a fundamental cognitive mechanism that allows people to prioritise task-relevant information while ignoring irrelevant information. Previous research has suggested key roles of parietal event-related potentials (ERPs) and alpha oscillatory responses in attention tasks. However, the informational content of these signals is less clear, and their causal effects on the coding of multiple task elements are yet unresolved.

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Are you a fan with the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit? If so, read this Science story and then join the 500 scientists (inc two Nobels and two former Royal Society heads), who are asking the MRC to adjust course by signing the Open Letter linked in the story. www.science.org/content/arti...

Funding overhaul threatens historic U.K. research units

Scientists protest new “challenge-led” grants replacing funding that supported long-term basic research

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✨New paper @commsbio.bsky.social !! Using MEG/EEG, we investigated domain-general cognitive systems in human brains implemented by aperiodic and oscillatory responses. Great collaboration with @alexwoolgar.bsky.social , John Duncan, and Nadene Dermody. rdcu.be/d34pt

Aperiodic and oscillatory systems underpinning human domain-general cognition

Communications Biology - Using MEG/EEG, this study reports that aperiodic broadband power, rather than oscillations, reflects a core response to diverse cognitive demand that links to the...

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