The prefrontal cortex participates in a variety of higher cognitive functions. The concept of
working memory is now widely used to understand prefrontal functions. Neurophysiological …

The brain is limited in its capacity to process all sensory stimuli present in the physical world
at any point in time and relies instead on the cognitive process of attention to focus neural …

Conscious experiences involve subjective qualities, such as colours, sounds, smells and
emotions. In this Perspective, we argue that these subjective qualities can be understood in …

Recent human fMRI pattern-decoding studies have highlighted the involvement of sensory
areas in visual working memory (VWM) tasks and argue for a sensory account of VWM …

Working memory is characterized by neural activity that persists during the retention interval
of delay tasks. Despite the ubiquity of this delay activity across tasks, species and …

In Consciousness We Trust is a synthesis of Hakwan Lau's 20-year research programme
exploring the neuroscience of consciousness. Discussing studies from his own laboratory …

The prefrontal cortex is activated during working memory, as evidenced by fMRI results in
human studies and neurophysiological recordings in animal models. Persistent activity …

The posterior parietal cortex and the prefrontal cortex are associated with eye movements
and visual attention, but their specific contributions are poorly understood. We compared the …

Simultaneous performance of two tasks often leads to performance deficits in the component
tasks. This effect, known as dual-task interference, is thought to be a proof of capacity …

Working memory (WM) and decision-making (DM) are fundamental cognitive functions
involving a distributed interacting network of brain areas, with the posterior parietal cortex …