The collective activity of a population of neurons, beyond the properties of individual cells, is
crucial for many brain functions. A fundamental question is how activity correlations between …

What are the neural mechanisms underlying working memory (WM)? One influential theory
posits that neurons in the lateral prefrontal cortex (lPFC) store WM information via persistent …

Persistent activity generated in the PFC during the delay period of working memory tasks
represents information about stimuli held in memory and determines working memory …

The posterior parietal cortex (PPC) has an important role in many cognitive behaviours;
however, the neural circuit dynamics underlying PPC function are not well understood. Here …

Working memory subsumes the capability to memorize, retrieve and utilize information for a
limited period of time which is essential to many human behaviours. Moreover, impairments …

We developed a large-scale dynamical model of the macaque neocortex, which is based on
recently acquired directed-and weighted-connectivity data from tract-tracing experiments …

Reinforcement learning is an adaptive process in which an animal utilizes its previous
experience to improve the outcomes of future choices. Computational theories of …

Traditionally, load sensitivity of sustained, elevated activity has been taken as an index of
storage for a limited number of items in visual short-term memory (VSTM). Recently, studies …

Oscillations are a pervasive feature of neuronal activity in the cerebral cortex. Here, we
propose a framework for understanding local cortical oscillation patterns in cognition: two …

Does the sustained, elevated neural activity observed during working memory tasks reflect
the short-term retention of information? Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data …