Top-Down Processing

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  • Debener S, Herrmann CS, Kranczioch C, Gembris D, Engel AK (2003) Top-down attentional processing enhances auditory evoked gamma band activity. Neuroreport 14: 683-686. doi: 10.1097/00001756-200304150-00005
  • Kranczioch C, Debener S, Herrmann CS, Engel AK (2006) EEG gamma-band activity in rapid serial visual presentation. Experimental Brain Research 169: 246-254. doi: 10.1007/s00221-005-0139-2
  • Hauck M, Lorenz J, Engel AK (2007) Attention to painful stimuli enhances gamma-band activity and synchronization in human sensorimotor cortex. Journal of Neuroscience 27: 9270-9277. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2283-07.2007
  • Donner TH, Siegel M, Oostenveld R, Fries P, Bauer M, Engel AK (2007) Population activity in the human dorsal pathway predicts the accuracy of visual motion detection. Journal of Neurophysiology 98: 345-359. doi: 10.1152/jn.01141.2006
  • Siegel M, Donner TH, Oostenveld R, Fries P, Engel AK (2008) Neuronal synchronization along the dorsal visual pathway reflects the focus of spatial attention. Neuron 60: 709-719. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2008.09.010
  • Zhang D, Maye A, Gao X, Hong B, Engel AK, Gao S (2010) An independent brain-computer interface using covert non-spatial visual selective attention. Journal of Neural Engineering 7: 16010. doi: 10.1088/1741-2560/7/1/016010
  • Hipp JF, Engel AK, Siegel M (2011) Oscillatory synchronization in large-scale cortical networks predicts perception. Neuron 69: 387-396. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2010.12.027
  • Krause H, Schneider TR, Engel AK, Senkowski D (2012) Capture of visual attention interferes with multisensory speech processing. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience 6: 67. doi: 10.3389/fnint.2012.00067
  • Müsch K, Engel AK, Schneider TR (2012) On the blink: the importance of target-distractor similarity in eliciting an attentional blink with faces. PLoS One 7: e41257. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041257
  • Müsch K, Perrone-Bertolotti M, Hamame CM, Minotti L, Kahane P, Engel AK, Lachaux J-P, Schneider TR (2014) Selective attention modulates high-frequency activity in the face-processing network. Cortex 60: 34-51. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2014.06.006
  • Helfrich RF, Schneider TR, Rach S, Trautmann-Lengsfeld S, Engel AK*, Herrmann CS* (2014) Entrainment of brain oscillations by transcranial alternating current stimulation. Current Biology 24: 333-339. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.12.041
  • Hauck M, Lorenz J, Domnick C, Gerloff C, Engel AK (2015) Top-down and bottom-up modulation of pain-induced oscillations. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 9: 375. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00375
  • Göschl F, Engel AK, Friese U (2014) Attention modulates visual-tactile interaction in spatial pattern matching. PLoS One 9: e106896. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106896
  • Friese U*, Daume J*, Göschl F, König P, Wang P, Engel AK (2016) Oscillatory brain activity during multisensory attention reflects activation, disinhibition, and cognitive control. Scientific Reports 6: 32775. doi: 10.1038/srep32775
  • Müsch K, Siegel M, Engel AK, Schneider TR (2016) Gamma-band activity reflects attentional guidance by facial expression. Neuroimage 146: 1142-1148. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2016.09.025
  • Misselhorn J, Daume J, Engel AK*, Friese U* (2016) A matter of attention: crossmodal congruence enhances and impairs performance in a novel trimodal matching paradigm. Neuropsychologia 88: 113-122. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2015.07.022
  • Daume J, Gruber T, Engel AK, Friese U (2017) Phase-amplitude coupling and long-range phase synchronization reveal frontotemporal interactions during visual working memory. Journal of Neuroscience 37: 313-322. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2130-16.2016
  • Daume J, Graetz S, Gruber T, Engel AK, Friese U (2017) Cognitive control during audiovisual working memory engages frontotemporal theta-band interactions. Scientific Reports 7: 12585. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-12511-3
  • Misselhorn J, Friese U, Engel AK (2019) Frontal and parietal alpha oscillations reflect attentional modulation of cross-modal matching. Scientific Reports 9: 5030. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-41636-w
  • Gudi-Mindermann H, Rimmele JM, Bruns P, Kloostermann NA, Donner TH, Engel AK, Röder B (2020) Post-training load-related changes of auditory working memory - an EEG study. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 14: 72. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2020.00072
  • Quaedflieg CWEM, Schneider TR, Daume J, Engel AK, Schwabe L (2020) Stress impairs intentional memory control through altered theta oscillations in lateral parietal cortex. Journal of Neuroscience 40: 7739-7748. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2906-19.2020
  • Radecke J-O, Fiene M, Misselhorn J, Herrmann CS, Engel AK, Wolters CH, Schneider TR (2023) Personalized alpha-tACS targeting left posterior parietal cortex modulates visuo-spatial attention and posterior evoked EEG activity. Brain Stimulation 16: 1047-1061. doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2023.06.013
  • Misselhorn J, Fiene M, Radecke J-O, Engel AK*, Schneider TR* (2024) Transcranial alternating current stimulation over frontal eye fields mimics attentional modulation of visual processing. Journal of Neuroscience 44: e1510232024. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1510-23.2024
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