The Science of Memory and Reading: Insights into Brain Activity.

Rhythmic brain activity plays a crucial role in temporarily storing important information in memory, allowing overlapping populations of neurons to store different pieces of information simultaneously. Brain rhythms help to balance focus on the task at hand with being prepared for the unexpected, potentially explaining how we can stay focused while multitasking. The strength of internal representations of different images alternated over time, on a sub-second timescale, with rhythmic fluctuations in brain activity. The Fiebelkorn lab is now studying how the brain multitasks and how these processes go awry in neurological disorders.