Year: 2019
Type: review
Abstract: Human performance fluctuates over time. Rather than random, the complex time course of variation reflects, among other factors, influences from regular periodic processes operating at multiple time scales. In this review, we consider evidence for how our performance ebbs and flows over fractions of seconds as we engage with sensory objects, over minutes as we perform tasks, and over hours according to homeostatic factors. We propose that rhythms of performance at these multiple tempos arise from the interplay among three sources of influence: intrinsic fluctuations in brain activity, periodicity of external stimulation, and the anticipation of the temporal structure of external stimulation by the brain.
Source: Current Opinion in Psychology
Language: English
Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $4,304
Awards: Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, G2717104586, G2845524166, G3264107681, 'Premembering' Perception in the human brain., 'Premembering' Perception in the human brain., G5219700674, G5936681456, G6411030472, Brain Rhythms in Cognition, Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, G9000353647
OpenAlex ID: W2952044233