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Neural Oscillations as Representations

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ID8398373
AuthorsManolo Martínez (0000-0002-6194-7121, Universitat de Barcelona, corresponding author), Marc Artiga (0000-0003-1247-2809, Universitat de València, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume74
Issue3
Pages619-648
Publication date2023-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0007-0882 • E-ISSN: 1464-3537
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1086/714914
OpenAlexW3080191222
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited99

We explore the contribution made by oscillatory, synchronous neural activity to representation in the brain. We closely examine six prominent examples of brain function in which neural oscillations play a central role, and identify two levels of involvement that these oscillations take in the emergence of representations: enabling (when oscillations help to establish a communication channel between sender and receiver, or are causally involved in triggering a representation) and properly representational (when oscillations are a constitutive part of the representation). We show that even an idealized informational sender–receiver account of representation makes the representational status of oscillations a non-trivial matter, which depends on rather minute empirical details

Biology · Cognitive science · Communication source · Function (biology · Neural activity · Neural system · Representation (politics · Telecommunications · Communication · Computer Science · Memory and Neural Mechanisms · Neural dynamics and brain function · Neuroscience · Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research · Psychology

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