Entrainment brain oscillations with sounds

In this review, we discuss recent advances in understanding how rhythmic auditory stimulation can selectively modulate EEG oscillations.

Recent evidence in sensory stimulation suggests that standard methods of data analysis are often insufficient for a definite proof of entrainment. In particular, we stress that the complexity of the elicited modulations, often varying in phase and frequency on a short timescale, requires time-frequency measures that are better appropriate to analyze driven brain phenomena.

Power and Inter trial coherence in auditory steady-state response (ASSR)

We discuss when the oscillatory entrainment is clearly established and assess the specificity of its expression. From this, we discuss how oscillatory entraintment can provide a better understanding of the physiology underlying its brain modulation. We further discuss how entrainment analsysis provide a faster translation to treatment programs in various psychopathologic conditions.

If you want to read more about oscillatory entrainmet be sensory stimulation, you can access our review here

David Henao, Miguel Navarrete, Mario Valderrama, Michel Le Van Quyen, Entrainment and synchronization of brain oscillations to auditory stimulations, Neuroscience Research, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neures.2020.03.004

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