Since the concept of working memory was introduced over 50 years ago, different schools of
thought have offered different definitions for working memory based on the various cognitive …

Adaptive behaviour requires the ability to focus on a task and protect it from distraction
(cognitive stability) and to rapidly switch tasks when circumstances change (cognitive …

Selective attention, the ability to focus our cognitive resources on information relevant to our
goals, influences working memory (WM) performance. Indeed, attention and working …

The psychological concepts of working memory and attention are widely used in the
cognitive and neuroscientific literatures. Perhaps because of the interdisciplinary appeal of …

Like other senses, our perception of time is not veridical, but rather, is modulated by
changes in environmental context. Anecdotal experiences suggest that emotions can be …

Highlights•Real-world scenarios require control over working memory input, output, and
contents.•Frontostriatal circuits solve these issues via dynamics evolved for motor …

Importance Cannabidiol (CBD) has antipsychotic effects in humans, but how these are
mediated in the brain remains unclear. Objective To investigate the neurocognitive …

Convergent evidence suggests that corticostriatal interactions act as a gate to select the
input to working memory (WM). However, not all information in WM is relevant for behavior …

Cognitive impairment is the most frequent non-motor symptom in Parkinson's disease and is
associated with deficits in a number of cognitive functions including working memory …

The ability to keep working memory content up to date is vital for a number of higher
cognitive functions such as navigation and reasoning, but it is also crucial for the effective …