Goal-directed control with cortical units that are gated by both top-down feedback and oscillatory coherence

The brain is able to flexibly select behaviors that adapt to both its environment and its present goals. This cognitive control is understood to occur within the hierarchy of the cortex and relies strongly on the prefrontal and premotor cortices, which sit at the top of this hierarchy. Pyramidal neu...

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Main Authors: Robert R. Kerr, David B. Grayden, Doreen A. Thomas, Matthieu eGilson, Anthony N. Burkitt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Neural Circuits
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fncir.2014.00094/full