@article{145476,
  author = {Ian Fiebelkorn and Sabine Kastner},
  title = {A Rhythmic Theory of Attention},
  abstract = { Recent evidence has demonstrated that environmental sampling is a fundamentally rhythmic process. Both perceptual sensitivity during covert spatial attention and the probability of overt exploratory movements are tethered to theta-band activity (3{\textendash}8~Hz) in the attention network. The fronto-parietal part of this network is positioned at the nexus of sensory and motor functions, directing two tightly coupled processes related to environmental exploration: preferential routing of~<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/psychology/sensory-input" title="Learn more about Sensory Input from ScienceDirect{\textquoteright}s AI-generated Topic Pages">sensory input</a>~and saccadic eye movements. We propose that intrinsic~<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/neuroscience/theta-rhythm" title="Learn more about Theta Rhythm from ScienceDirect{\textquoteright}s AI-generated Topic Pages">theta rhythms</a>~temporally resolve potential functional conflicts by periodically reweighting functional connections between higher-order brain regions and either sensory or motor regions. This rhythmic reweighting alternately promotes either sampling at a behaviorally relevant location (i.e., sensory functions) or shifting to another location (i.e., motor functions). },
  year = {2019},
  journal = {Trends in Cognitive Science},
  url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S136466131830281X},
  language = {eng},
}