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process > neurophysiological process > theta rhythm

Preferred term

theta rhythm  

Definition(s)

  • Brain neural oscillations in the 4-8 Hz frequency band.

Broader concept(s)

Related concept(s)

Synonym(s)

  • theta frequency
  • theta oscillation
  • theta power
  • theta wave

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Herweg, N. A., Solomon, E. A., & Kahana, M. J. (2020). Theta oscillations in human memory. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 24(3), 208‑227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2019.12.006

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]
  • • Köster, M., & Gruber, T. (2022). Rhythms of human attention and memory: An embedded process perspective. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 16. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2022.905837

    [Study type: literature review / Access: open]
  • • Rudoler, J. H., Herweg, N. A., & Kahana, M. J. (2023). Hippocampal theta and episodic memory. Journal of Neuroscience, 43(4), 613–620. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1045-22.2022

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: open]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

Dataset citation(s)

  • • Castro-Meneses, L. J., Kruger, J.-L., & Doherty, S. (2017). Theta oscillations as an online measure of working memory load in educational video [Data set]. OSF. https://osf.io/ca6kt/
  • • He, M. (2019). Theta oscillation dynamic by the precuneus during sports experts’ reactivation of a memory engram of sports related information [Data set]. OSF. doi:10.17605/OSF.IO/YQ7SH
  • • Peters, B. (2018). Object-based attention prioritizes working memory contents at a theta rhythm [Data set]. OSF. https://osf.io/rpx6s/
  • • Romei, V. (2018). The speed of parietal theta frequency drives visuospatial working memory capacity [Data set]. OSF. https://osf.io/rm6qp/
  • • Scholz, S., Schneider, S., & Rose, M. (2016). Differential effects of ongoing EEG beta and theta power on memory formation [Data set]. OSF. https://osf.io/24azk/

In other languages

  • rythme thêta

    French

  • activité thêta
  • fréquence thêta
  • onde thêta
  • oscillation thêta

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