Decoding the rhythmic representation and communication of visual contents
Rhythmic activity is considered critical for modulating responses in the visual system.
The authors propose that neural rhythms serve another fundamental function: the representation and communication of visual contents.
They discuss a set of recent multivariate decoding studies on visual perception, imagery, and prediction that demonstrate such rhythmic content representations. These studies highlight how rhythmic content representations untangle feedforward and feedback information flows in the visual system, with alpha rhythms emerging as carriers of stimulus-specific feedback information.
They outline how the study of rhythmic content representations may yield important insights into how visual contents are represented, transformed, and communicated in the human brain.
https://www.cell.com/trends/neurosciences/fulltext/S0166-2236(24)00248-0
