Neuroimaging studies of working memory

TD Wager, EE Smith - Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 2003 - Springer
We performed meta-analyses on 60 neuroimaging (PET and fMRI) studies of working
memory (WM), considering three types of storage material (spatial, verbal, and object), three …

The top and the bottom of ADHD: a neuropsychological perspective

JA Sergeant, H Geurts, S Huijbregts, A Scheres… - Neuroscience & …, 2003 - Elsevier
Five models of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are reviewed. It is proposed
that the cognitive-energetic model provides a reasonably comprehensive account of ADHD …

Short-term music training enhances verbal intelligence and executive function

S Moreno, E Bialystok, R Barac… - Psychological …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Researchers have designed training methods that can be used to improve mental health
and to test the efficacy of education programs. However, few studies have demonstrated …

Orienting attention to locations in internal representations

IC Griffin, AC Nobre - Journal of cognitive neuroscience, 2003 - direct.mit.edu
Three experiments investigated whether it is possible to orient selective spatial attention to
internal representations held in working memory in a similar fashion to orienting to …

[HTML][HTML] The role of the pre-supplementary motor area in the control of action

P Nachev, H Wydell, K O'neill, M Husain, C Kennard - Neuroimage, 2007 - Elsevier
Although regions within the medial frontal cortex are known to be active during voluntary
movements their precise role remains unclear. Here we combine functional imaging …

Visual presentation of single letters activates a premotor area involved in writing

M Longcamp, JL Anton, M Roth, JL Velay - Neuroimage, 2003 - Elsevier
In the present fMRI study, we addressed the question as to whether motor–perceptual
interactions might be involved in reading. Recognizing the letters encountered when …

Cortex and memory: emergence of a new paradigm

JM Fuster - Journal of cognitive neuroscience, 2009 - direct.mit.edu
Converging evidence from humans and nonhuman primates is obliging us to abandon
conventional models in favor of a radically different, distributed-network paradigm of cortical …

III. The importance of physical activity and aerobic fitness for cognitive control and memory in children

L Chaddock‐Heyman, CH Hillman… - Monographs of the …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
In this chapter, we review literature that examines the association among physical activity,
aerobic fitness, cognition, and the brain in elementary school children (ages 7–10 years) …

A functional MRI investigation of the association between childhood aerobic fitness and neurocognitive control

L Chaddock, KI Erickson, RS Prakash, MW Voss… - Biological …, 2012 - Elsevier
We used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to examine brain activity of higher fit
and lower fit children during early and late task blocks of a cognitive control flanker …

Common neural mechanisms control attention and working memory

Y Zhou, CE Curtis, KK Sreenivasan… - Journal of …, 2022 - Soc Neuroscience
Although previous studies point to qualitative similarities between working memory (WM)
and attention, the degree to which these two constructs rely on shared neural mechanisms …