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April 26, 2026Journal of Neuroscience

Beta and Gamma Dynamics in Attentional Networks Predict Conscious Reports

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ASAlfredo SpagnaJLJianghao LiuPBPaolo Bartolomeo

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Overview

Randomized trial examines neural dynamics predicting conscious perception in human participants, indicating attentional network influence.

Key Points

  • This research aims to understand how neural activity in attentional networks predicts conscious reports of stimuli.
  • Used magnetoencephalography to analyze brain oscillations during a spatial cueing task.
  • Investigated oscillations in 18 brain regions associated with attention and perception.
  • Analyzed valid and invalid cue conditions before the target stimulus.
  • Valid reports linked to early beta-band activity in the right superior parietal lobule (∼58 ms post-cue).
  • Invalid reports associated with late beta-band activity in the right temporo-occipital region (∼166 ms post-cue) and theta-gamma coupling.
  • Unreported invalid cues precede PAC in the right temporo-occipital region and high gamma coherence with the right middle frontal gyrus.

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Spagna et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69edacbd4a46254e215b4707https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.0590-25.2026
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