Oscillatory control over representational states in working memory

IEJ de Vries, HA Slagter, CNL Olivers - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2020 - cell.com
In the visual world, attention is guided by perceptual goals activated in visual working
memory (VWM). However, planning multiple-task sequences also requires VWM to store …

Alpha suppression indexes a spotlight of visual-spatial attention that can shine on both perceptual and memory representations

GF Woodman, S Wang, DW Sutterer… - Psychonomic Bulletin & …, 2022 - Springer
Although researchers have been recording the human electroencephalogram (EEG) for
almost a century, we still do not completely understand what cognitive processes are …

Transcranial photobiomodulation enhances visual working memory capacity in humans

C Zhao, D Li, Y Kong, H Liu, Y Hu, H Niu, O Jensen… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Transcranial photobiomodulation (tPBM) is a safe and noninvasive intervention that has
shown promise for improving cognitive performance. Whether tPBM can modulate brain …

Dissecting the neural focus of attention reveals distinct processes for spatial attention and object-based storage in visual working memory

N Hakim, KCS Adam, E Gunseli, E Awh… - Psychological …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Complex cognition relies on both on-line representations in working memory (WM), said to
reside in the focus of attention, and passive off-line representations of related information …

Measuring memory is harder than you think: How to avoid problematic measurement practices in memory research

TF Brady, MM Robinson, JR Williams… - Psychonomic Bulletin & …, 2023 - Springer
We argue that critical areas of memory research rely on problematic measurement practices
and provide concrete suggestions to improve the situation. In particular, we highlight the …

Contralateral delay activity tracks fluctuations in working memory performance

KCS Adam, MK Robison, EK Vogel - Journal of Cognitive …, 2018 - direct.mit.edu
Neural measures of working memory storage, such as the contralateral delay activity (CDA),
are powerful tools in working memory research. CDA amplitude is sensitive to working …

Posterior α EEG dynamics dissociate current from future goals in working memory-guided visual search

IEJ De Vries, J Van Driel, CNL Olivers - Journal of Neuroscience, 2017 - Soc Neuroscience
Current models of visual search assume that search is guided by an active visual working
memory representation of what we are currently looking for. This attentional template for …

Mnemonic and attentional roles for states of attenuated alpha oscillations in perceptual working memory: a review

F van Ede - European Journal of Neuroscience, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Alpha oscillations are often reported to be amplified during working memory (WM) retention,
serving to disengage sensory areas to protect internal representations from external …

Visual working memory buffers information retrieved from visual long-term memory

K Fukuda, GF Woodman - Proceedings of the National …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Human memory is thought to consist of long-term storage and short-term storage
mechanisms, the latter known as working memory. Although it has long been assumed that …

Perturbing neural representations of working memory with task-irrelevant interruption

N Hakim, T Feldmann-Wüstefeld, E Awh… - Journal of Cognitive …, 2020 - direct.mit.edu
Working memory maintains information so that it can be used in complex cognitive tasks. A
key challenge for this system is to maintain relevant information in the face of task-irrelevant …