Interplay between alpha and theta band activity enables management of perception-action representations for goal-directed behavior.

ABSTRACT: Goal-directed behavior requires integrated mental representations of perceptions and actions. The neurophysiological underpinnings of these processes, however, are not yet understood. It is particularly undetermined, which oscillatory activities in which brain regions are involved in the management of perception-action representations. We examine this question with a focus on response inhibition processes and show that the dynamics of perception-action representations reflected in theta band activity (TBA) are particularly evident in the supplementary motor area and the occipito-temporal cortex. Mental representations coded in alpha band activity (ABA) during perception-action integration are associated with the occipito-temporal cortex. Crucially, perception-action representations are exc

SUBMITTER: Wendiggensen P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10164171 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature