image: Schematic of the study by Hebron et al, showing the closed-loop auditory stimulation approach to modulate brain alpha oscillations.
Credit: Henry Hebron (CC-BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Alpha oscillations are electrophysiological features of the human brain linked to fundamental processes including memory and perception. This study introduces a closed-loop auditory stimulation approach to selectively modulate alpha oscillations in the human brain in a phase-dependent and spatially-specific manner.
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In your coverage, please use this URL to provide access to the freely available paper in PLOS Biology: http://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3002651
Article Title: A closed-loop auditory stimulation approach selectively modulates alpha oscillations and sleep onset dynamics in humans
Author Countries: United Kingdom
Funding: see manuscript
Journal
PLoS Biology
Method of Research
Experimental study
Subject of Research
People
COI Statement
Competing interests: I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: N.G. is part in a patent application on the ecHT technology, assigned to MIT, and is a founder in a company that utilises it.