Neural Oscillations in Cognition and Behavior
A special issue of Brain Sciences (ISSN 2076-3425). This special issue belongs to the section "Behavioral Neuroscience".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2026 | Viewed by 198
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Neural oscillations provide a fundamental mechanism for coordinating brain activity across spatial and temporal scales, supporting perception, cognition, and behavior. Increasing evidence suggests that interactions between oscillations at different frequencies, commonly referred to as cross-frequency coupling (CFC), play a critical role in information integration, cognitive control, learning, and adaptive behavior. This Special Issue aims to bring together interdisciplinary contributions that advance the understanding of neural oscillations and CFC across cognitive, behavioral, and clinical domains. We welcome studies employing a wide range of analytical approaches, including unimodal and multimodal methods based on electrophysiology, hemodynamic imaging, and hybrid sensing frameworks. Contributions may span experimental, computational, and theoretical perspectives, as well as methodological innovations in signal processing, modeling, and machine learning. By integrating findings across modalities, tasks, and populations, this Special Issue seeks to provide a comprehensive and nuanced view of how oscillatory dynamics and cross-frequency interactions support complex brain functions and behavior in both healthy and altered states.
Dr. Yalda Shahriari
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- cross-frequency coupling
- cognitive processes
- behavior
- electrophysiology
- hemodynamic imaging
- multimodal integration
- neural dynamics
- signal processing
- computational modeling
- machine learning
- neuroimaging methods
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