Random Tactile Noise Stimulation Reveals Beta-Rhythmic Impulse Response Function of the Somatosensory System

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¹Centre de Recherche Cerveau et Cognition, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, 31052, France
²Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Amsterdam, 1105 BA, The Netherlands
³Experimental Psychology, Helmholtz Institute, Utrecht University, Utrecht, 3584 CS, The Netherlands

Author contributions: S.C. and R.G. performed research; S.C. and R.G. analyzed data; S.C. wrote the first draft of the paper; S.C., R.V., and R.G. edited the paper; S.C. wrote the paper; R.V. and R.G. designed research.
↵*R.G. and R.V. contributed equally to this work.

This work was funded by an ERC consolidator grant P-Cycles (ref. 614244) awarded to Rufin VanRullen. Rasa Gulbinaite has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 843379. We thank Barkın İlhan for the MATLAB code used as a basis to generate stimulus sequences and microcontroller-based device used in the İlhan and VanRullen (2012) study, which was connected to vibrotactile electromagnetic solenoid-type actuator and used to deliver stimuli in this study.
The authors declare no competing financial interests.
Correspondence should be addressed to Samson Chota at samson.chota{at}googlemail.com