[HTML][HTML] Volatile working memory representations crystallize with practice

A Bellafard, G Namvar, JC Kao, A Vaziri, P Golshani - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Working memory, the process through which information is transiently maintained and
manipulated over a brief period, is essential for most cognitive functions,,–. However, the …

[HTML][HTML] Cortical feedback loops bind distributed representations of working memory

I Voitov, TD Mrsic-Flogel - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Working memory—the brain's ability to internalize information and use it flexibly to guide
behaviour—is an essential component of cognition. Although activity related to working …

Decoding reveals the contents of visual working memory in early visual areas

SA Harrison, F Tong - Nature, 2009 - nature.com
Visual working memory provides an essential link between perception and higher cognitive
functions, allowing for the active maintenance of information about stimuli no longer in view …

Shared mechanisms underlie the control of working memory and attention

MF Panichello, TJ Buschman - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Cognitive control guides behaviour by controlling what, when, and how information is
represented in the brain. For example, attention controls sensory processing; top-down …

Transient and sustained activity in a distributed neural system for human working memory

SM Courtney, LG Ungerleider, K Keil, JV Haxby - Nature, 1997 - nature.com
Working memory involves the short-term maintenance of an active representation of
information so that it is available for further processing. Visual working memory tasks, in …

Temporal dynamics of brain activation during a working memory task

JD Cohen, WM Perlstein, TS Braver, LE Nystrom… - Nature, 1997 - nature.com
Working memory is responsible for the short-term storage and online manipulation of
information necessary for higher cognitive functions, such as language, planning and …

Discrete fixed-resolution representations in visual working memory

W Zhang, SJ Luck - Nature, 2008 - nature.com
Limits on the storage capacity of working memory significantly affect cognitive abilities in a
wide range of domains, but the nature of these capacity limits has been elusive. Some …

[HTML][HTML] Control of working memory by phase–amplitude coupling of human hippocampal neurons

J Daume, J Kamiński, AGP Schjetnan, Y Salimpour… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Retaining information in working memory is a demanding process that relies on cognitive
control to protect memoranda-specific persistent activity from interference,. However, how …

The neural basis of the central executive system of working memory

M D'esposito, JA Detre, DC Alsop, RK Shin, S Atlas… - Nature, 1995 - nature.com
WORKING memory refers to a system for temporary storage and manipulation of information
in the brain, a function critical for a wide range of cognitive operations. It has been proposed …

Neural measures reveal individual differences in controlling access to working memory

EK Vogel, AW McCollough, MG Machizawa - Nature, 2005 - nature.com
The capacity of visual short-term memory is highly limited, maintaining only three to four
objects simultaneously,. This extreme limitation necessitates efficient mechanisms to select …