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Research ArticleResearch Article: New Research, Cognition and Behavior

Theta-Phase Connectivity between Medial Prefrontal and Posterior Areas Underlies Novel Instructions Implementation

Silvia Formica, Carlos González-García, Mehdi Senoussi, Daniele Marinazzo and Marcel Brass
eNeuro 22 July 2022, 9 (4) ENEURO.0225-22.2022; https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0225-22.2022
Silvia Formica
1Berlin School of Mind and Brain, Department of Psychology, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin 10117, Germany
2Department of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University, Gent 9000, Belgium
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Carlos González-García
2Department of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University, Gent 9000, Belgium
3Mind, Brain and Behavior Research Center, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Granada, Granada 18071, Spain
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Mehdi Senoussi
2Department of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University, Gent 9000, Belgium
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Daniele Marinazzo
4Department of Data Analysis, Ghent University, Gent 9000, Belgium
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Marcel Brass
1Berlin School of Mind and Brain, Department of Psychology, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin 10117, Germany
2Department of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University, Gent 9000, Belgium
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DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0225-22.2022
PubMed 
35868857
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History 
  • Received June 8, 2022
  • Accepted June 23, 2022
  • Published online July 22, 2022.
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Copyright © 2022 Formica et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium provided that the original work is properly attributed.

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  1. Silvia Formica1,2,
  2. Carlos González-García2,3,
  3. Mehdi Senoussi2,
  4. Daniele Marinazzo4 and
  5. Marcel Brass1,2
  1. 1Berlin School of Mind and Brain, Department of Psychology, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin 10117, Germany
  2. 2Department of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University, Gent 9000, Belgium
  3. 3Mind, Brain and Behavior Research Center, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Granada, Granada 18071, Spain
  4. 4Department of Data Analysis, Ghent University, Gent 9000, Belgium
  1. Correspondence should be addressed to Silvia Formica at silvia.formica{at}hu-berlin.de.
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  1. Author contributions: S.F., C.G.-G., M.S., D.M., and M.B. designed research; S.F. performed research; S.F. analyzed data; S.F., C.G.-G., M.S., D.M., and M.B. wrote the paper.

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  • The authors declare no competing financial interests.

  • This work was supported by Special Research Fund of Ghent University BOF.GOA.2017.0002.03 and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany’s Excellence Strategy, EXC 2002/1 “Science of Intelligence,” Project Number 390523135. C.G.-G. was additionally supported by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Grant Agreement no. 835767 and the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation Grant ID IJC2019-040208-I. M.S. was supported by the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) Grant Number G012816N and the Research Council of Ghent University Grant BOF17-GOA-004. M.B. is supported by an Einstein Strategic Professorship (Einstein Foundation Berlin).

Funding

  • Universiteit Gent (UGent)

    BOF.GOA.2017.0002.03; BOF.GOA.2017.0002.04
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)

    EXC 2002/1 "Science of Intelligence" - project number 390523135
  • EC | Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (H2020)

    Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement no. 835767
  • Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation

    IJC2019-040208-I
  • Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (FWO)

    G012816N
  • Einstein Stiftung Berlin (Einstein Foundation Berlin)

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