Is working memory domain-general or domain-specific?

N Nozari, RC Martin - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2024 - cell.com
Given the fundamental role of working memory (WM) in all domains of cognition, a central
question has been whether WM is domain-general. However, the term 'domain-general'has …

Beta: bursts of cognition

M Lundqvist, EK Miller, J Nordmark, J Liljefors… - Trends in Cognitive …, 2024 - cell.com
Beta oscillations are linked to the control of goal-directed processing of sensory information
and the timing of motor output. Recent evidence demonstrates they are not sustained but …

The prefrontal cortex: from monkey to man

R Levy - Brain, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The prefrontal cortex is so important to human beings that, if deprived of it, our behaviour is
reduced to action-reactions and automatisms, with no ability to make deliberate decisions …

Distinct functions for beta and alpha bursts in gating of human working memory

J Liljefors, R Almeida, G Rane, JN Lundström… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Multiple neural mechanisms underlying gating to working memory have been proposed with
divergent results obtained in human and animal studies. Previous findings from non-human …

Mixed selectivity: Cellular computations for complexity

KM Tye, EK Miller, FH Taschbach, MK Benna, M Rigotti… - Neuron, 2024 - cell.com
The property of mixed selectivity has been discussed at a computational level and offers a
strategy to maximize computational power by adding versatility to the functional role of each …

ROSE: A neurocomputational architecture for syntax

E Murphy - Journal of Neurolinguistics, 2024 - Elsevier
A comprehensive neural model of language must accommodate four components:
representations, operations, structures and encoding. Recent intracranial research has …

An integrative view of the role of prefrontal cortex in consciousness

TI Panagiotaropoulos - Neuron, 2024 - cell.com
The involvement of the prefrontal cortex (PFC) in consciousness is an ongoing focus of
intense investigation. An important question is whether representations of conscious …

[HTML][HTML] Cognition is an emergent property

EK Miller, SL Brincat, JE Roy - Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
Highlights•Emergent properties are not reducible to their constituent parts.•Cognitive
flexibility relies on many neural emergent properties.•Synchronous activity creates electric …

Cell type–specific profiles and developmental trajectories of transcriptomes in primate prefrontal layer 3 pyramidal neurons: implications for schizophrenia

D Arion, JF Enwright III… - American Journal of …, 2024 - psychiatryonline.org
Objective: In schizophrenia, impaired working memory is associated with transcriptome
alterations in layer 3 pyramidal neurons (L3PNs) in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex …

Touch-evoked traveling waves establish a translaminar spacetime code

DL Gonzales, HF Khan, HVS Keri, S Yadav… - Science …, 2025 - science.org
Linking sensory-evoked traveling waves to underlying circuit patterns is critical to
understanding the neural basis of sensory perception. To form this link, we performed …