Learning at your brain's rhythm: individualized entrainment boosts learning for perceptual decisions.

ABSTRACT: Training is known to improve our ability to make decisions when interacting in complex environments. However, individuals vary in their ability to learn new tasks and acquire new skills in different settings. Here, we test whether this variability in learning ability relates to individual brain oscillatory states. We use a visual flicker paradigm to entrain individuals at their own brain rhythm (i.e. peak alpha frequency) as measured by resting-state electroencephalography (EEG). We demonstrate that this individual frequency-matched brain entrainment results in faster learning in a visual identification task (i.e. detecting targets embedded in background clutter) compared to entrainment that does not match an individual's alpha frequency. Further, we show that learning is specific to the p

SUBMITTER: Michael E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10152088 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature