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Biology
Jorge F. Mejias, Xiao-Jing Wang
Summary: This article introduces a computational model based on the macaque cortex to study the distributed mechanism of neural activity in working memory. The research found that mnemonic internal states can emerge from inter-areal reverberation, leading to different attractor states. The model makes testable predictions about inhibitory bias, the role of prefrontal areas, and the resilience of distributed activity.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Matthew F. Panichello, Timothy J. Buschman
Summary: Cognitive control guides behavior by controlling what, when, and how information is represented in the brain. Prefrontal cortex acts as a domain-general controller for both selection and attention, while parietal and visual cortex represent attention and selection independently. Selection and attention facilitate behavior by enhancing and transforming the representation of selected memory or attended stimulus.
Article
Neurosciences
Ying Zhou, Clayton E. Curtis, Kartik K. Sreenivasan, Daryl Fougnie
Summary: This study investigates the relationship between working memory and attention using fMRI and machine learning. The results demonstrate that selecting items in working memory and shifting attention utilize similar neural mechanisms. These shared mechanisms control the relative gains of neural populations and encode behaviorally relevant information.
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Biology
Behrad Noudoost, Kelsey Lynne Clark, Tirin Moore
Summary: This study shows that working memory directly influences the neural circuits that transform visual inputs into visually guided behavior.
Review
Psychology, Mathematical
Susan M. Ravizza, Katelyn M. Conn
Summary: This study discusses three ways in which information becomes automatically prioritized in working memory: physical salience, statistical learning, and reward learning. It integrates findings from perception and working memory studies to propose a more sophisticated understanding of the relationship between attention and working memory.
PSYCHONOMIC BULLETIN & REVIEW
(2022)
Article
Neurosciences
Ya-Ting Chen, Freek van Ede, Bo-Cheng Kuo
Summary: This study investigates the neural basis of working memory capacity by exploiting the content dependence of memory materials. The results show that alpha oscillations track memory capacity in a content-specific manner, dependent not only on the number of items but also on their complexity.
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Neurosciences
Petra Hermann, Bela Weiss, Balazs Knakker, Petra Madurka, Annamaria Manga, Adam Narai, Zoltan Vidnyanszky
Summary: The study identified two top-down attentional control processes that have opposing effects on distractor resistance. An early selection negativity was found in EEG responses to matching distractors, and congruency effects were positively associated with distractor resistance.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Andrea Pittarello, Marcella Fratescu, Sebastiaan Mathot
Summary: This study reveals that participants tend to remember an ambiguous directional cue as biased towards stimuli associated with a high reward, especially those that can be obtained through dishonest means. This research offers important constraints for theories in behavioral ethics, providing initial evidence of a link between attention, dishonesty, and memory.
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Gaoxing Mei, Mofen Cen, Xu Luo, Shiming Qiu, Yun Pan
Summary: Previous studies have shown that high-level cognitive functions such as attention can modulate the tilt aftereffect (TAE), but it is unclear whether working memory load has an effect on TAE. Two experiments were conducted, with one showing a reduction in TAE magnitude under high working memory load when digits were used as load stimuli, while the other experiment did not replicate this finding when color-shape conjunctions were used as load stimuli. Further replications are needed to clarify the effects of working memory load on TAE.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Ping Zhu, Qingqing Yang, Luo Chen, Chenxiao Guan, Jifan Zhou, Mowei Shen, Hui Chen
Summary: Recent research has explored the phenomenon of working memory (WM)-guided attention, which directs attention to external information matching WM content. Little is known about the nature of this attention system, which exhibits characteristics of both exogenous and endogenous attention. Two experiments were conducted, one with an exogenous cue and the other with an endogenous cue, to test the mechanism of WM-guided attention. The findings suggest that WM-guided attention shares mechanisms with exogenous attention and operates in parallel with endogenous attention.
BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Mathematical
Yin-Ting Lin, Garry Kong, Daryl Fougnie
Summary: The study found that object-based selection is stronger than feature-based selection in attention mechanisms, and a similar pattern exists in memory updating. This indicates the presence of object-based attention effects in visual working memory, suggesting shared attentional mechanisms between perception and memory.
PSYCHONOMIC BULLETIN & REVIEW
(2021)
Article
Neurosciences
Edward F. Ester, Paige Pytel
Summary: Assigning different levels of priority to working memory (WM) content influences the quality and speed of neural representations, but not the accuracy of decoding.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Lily Gabay, Pazia Miller, Nelly Alia-Klein, Monica P. Lewin
Summary: Evening chronotype students with ADHD symptoms perform worse in attention tasks in the morning, possibly due to their misaligned circadian rhythms.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Mathematical
Anna Heuer, Martin Rolfs
Summary: The study found that spatial and temporal properties can be equally used to flexibly prioritize representations held in visual working memory, highlighting the functional similarities of space and time in VWM.
PSYCHONOMIC BULLETIN & REVIEW
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Alexander I. Kotyusov, Dauren Kasanov, Alexandra I. Kosachenko, Anastasia S. Gashkova, Yuri G. Pavlov, Sergey Malykh
Summary: Working memory and attention are interrelated but distinct constructs. Different types of attention may have different effects on working memory capacity. Study findings suggest that working memory capacity is related to attention control, while the ability to filter out distractors is not related to working memory capacity.
BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Neurosciences
Adrienne L. Mueller, Adam Davis, Samantha Sovich, Steven S. Carlson, Farrel R. Robinson
Review
Behavioral Sciences
Adrienne Mueller, David S. Hong, Steven Shepard, Tirin Moore
TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES
(2017)
Article
Neurosciences
Adrienne Mueller, Steven B. Shepard, Tirin Moore
FRONTIERS IN NEURAL CIRCUITS
(2018)
Article
Neurosciences
Elena Buzunov, Adrienne Mueller, Andreas Straube, Farrel R. Robinson
Article
Neurosciences
A. L. Mueller, A. J. Davis, F. R. Robinson
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Adrienne Mueller, Adam Davis, Steven S. Carlson, Farrel R. Robinson
Article
Anatomy & Morphology
Max Lee, Adrienne Mueller, Tirin Moore
FRONTIERS IN NEUROANATOMY
(2020)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Tinuola B. Ajayi, Adrienne L. Mueller, Ike S. Okwuosa, Asha Barshilia, Joseph C. Wu, Emelia J. Benjamin, Joey Barnett, Kendra H. Oliver
Summary: This article describes the initial formation of the American Heart Association's Supporting Undergraduate Research Experiences program and the adjustments made in response to COVID-19 safety precautions. The study found that both in-person and virtual programs resulted in significant improvements in students' scientific proficiency, with the virtual training providing extensive benefits. The authors also summarize the pros and cons of in-person and virtual programming and offer recommendations for future training programs in a postpandemic world with hybrid work and learning systems.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
(2022)
Meeting Abstract
Ophthalmology
Adrienne Mueller, Ric Robinson
INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE
(2013)