Review
Psychology, Clinical
Belinda J. Poole, Natalie L. Phillips, Elizabeth Stewart, Irina M. Harris, Suncica Lah
Summary: Working memory is a multicomponent system in the brain that is supported by overlapping specialized networks. Baddeley's model includes four components. The review found significant impairments in phonological loop, visuo-spatial sketchpad, and central executive components in children with epilepsy.
NEUROPSYCHOLOGY REVIEW
(2021)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Pierandrea Mirino, Sara Mercuri, Anna Pecchinenda, Maddalena Boccia, Andrea Di Piero, Marta Soldani, Cecilia Guariglia
Summary: This study used a new visuospatial working memory task, the Time Squares Sequences, to investigate the effect of implicit variations in stimuli presentation time on task performance. The results showed impaired performance when S1 had a fixed presentation time and S2 had a variable presentation time. These findings suggest a monitoring process sensitive to temporal variations and increased cognitive load due to S2 timing difference.
FRONTIERS IN BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Anatomy & Morphology
Jutta Peterburs, Yu Liang, Dominic T. Cheng, John E. Desmond
Summary: Several fMRI studies have shown that the superior cerebellum exhibits load-dependent activations during encoding of letters in a Sternberg verbal working memory task. The study manipulated sensory acquisition in VWM by presenting visually degraded and non-degraded stimuli with high and low memory loads, yielding partial support for the sensory acquisition hypothesis. Activation in the vermis was significantly greater for degraded stimuli, while load-sensitive regions in the cerebellar hemispheres did not show increased activation for degraded stimuli, indicating a general function of association-based prediction in cerebellar processing.
BRAIN STRUCTURE & FUNCTION
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Experimental
Sami R. Yousif, Monica D. Rosenberg, Frank C. Keil
Summary: The study found that task-irrelevant spatial structure can improve working memory, independent of long-term spatial associations and unique to space rather than other features. It also showed that spatial structure can be separated from spatial interference, challenging the theories of 'spatial interference' and 'visuospatial bootstrapping'.
Article
Neurosciences
Elena I. Rodriguez-Martinez, Raquel Munoz-Pradas, Antonio Arjona, Brenda Y. Angulo-Ruiz, Vanesa Munoz, Carlos M. Gomez
Summary: This report explores the relationship between working memory and intelligence measurements in children and adolescents with normal development and diagnosed attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The results indicate significant correlations between different components of working memory and various aspects of intelligence in both groups. The findings suggest that working memory may play a more crucial role in cognitive processing in subjects with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Article
Oncology
Mitsutoshi Nakada, Riho Nakajima, Hirokazu Okita, Yusuke Nakade, Takeo Yuno, Shingo Tanaka, Masashi Kinoshita
Summary: The study demonstrates that awake surgery for right frontal lobe glioma can successfully preserve visuospatial cognition and spatial working memory with satisfying resection rates.
JOURNAL OF NEURO-ONCOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Psychiatry
Amelia D. Dahlen, Santino Gaudio, Helgi B. Schioth, Samantha J. Brooks
Summary: This article systematically reviewed 25 studies on working memory in anorexia nervosa patients, and found differences in performance. Adults with AN showed deficits in verbal/auditory tasks, while performance remained unaffected in visuospatial tasks. Comorbid psychiatric disorders and psychotropic medication use were common confounding factors.
EATING AND WEIGHT DISORDERS-STUDIES ON ANOREXIA BULIMIA AND OBESITY
(2022)
Article
Neurosciences
Erin Goddard, Erika W. Contini, Muireann Irish
Summary: This study used MEG to measure the activity of the posteromedial cortex (PMC) in healthy human participants during a visuospatial working memory task. The findings suggest that the PMC plays a role in shaping object representations in other cortical regions and influences the retrieval process.
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
(2022)
Review
Neurosciences
Sayed Ausim Azizi
Summary: Degenerative diseases can affect brain activity and functional connectivity, with Parkinson's patients showing increased activity in certain areas of the cerebellum. Although the functional interpretation of these findings is complex, the cerebellum's unique architecture and connectivity play a crucial role in understanding its role in degenerative diseases. The cerebellum's primary function is thought to be motor-related, influencing behaviors related to emotions and cognition.
NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Hanlu Tang, Qiong Wu, Shiwei Li, Yehong Fang, Zhijun Yang, Bo Wang, Xingchao Wang, Pinan Liu
Summary: This study investigated different types of working memory in adults with NF1, finding deficits in visuospatial working memory but not in verbal working memory. These findings contribute to a better understanding of working memory in the context of NF1.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Jose-Antonio Cervantes, Sonia Lopez, Salvador Cervantes, Adriana Mexicano, Jonathan-Hernando Rosales
Summary: This paper proposes a bio-inspired computational model to endow autonomous UAVs with visuospatial working memory, allowing them to maintain coherent and continuous representation of visual and spatial relationships among objects. The model was tested in various environments, demonstrating its ability to classify and locate objects even when visual stimulus is lost due to occlusion.
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Educational
Zhanhong Liang, Peiqi Dong, Yanlin Zhou, Shanshan Feng, Qiong Zhang
Summary: The research found that verbal working memory significantly predicted mathematics achievement for fifth graders, while visuospatial working memory played a substantive role in both first and fifth graders' mathematical performance. The different roles of the two working memory components also depended on various fields of mathematics.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Neurosciences
Courtney Glavis-Bloom, Casey R. Vanderlip, John H. Reynolds
Summary: Research on aging marmosets has shown that aged animals exhibit delayed onset of learning, slowed learning rate after onset, and decreased asymptotic working memory performance, which are not accounted for by age-related impairments in motor speed and motivation.
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Clinical Neurology
C. Fernandez-Baizan, M. Caunedo-Jimenez, J. A. Martinez, J. L. Arias, M. Mendez, G. Solis
Summary: This study evaluated short-term and visuospatial working memory performance in preterm infants at 12 to 22 months and found that they scored lower than full-term children, although their skills improved over time. Memory performance was directly associated with cognitive development level and behavior characteristics.
CHILD NEUROPSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Jia-Hsun Lo, Han-Pang Huang, Su-Ching Sung
Summary: This research proposes an approach to evaluate working memory ability using electroencephalography (EEG) analysis. The study shows that there are certain characteristics in the EEG signals of subjects when performing working memory tasks, and a working memory model is developed to describe the changes in EEG signals within alpha, beta, and gamma waves. The study also predicts the working memory ability of subjects using multi-linear support vector regression (SVR) combined with fuzzy C-mean (FCM) clustering and knowledge-based fuzzy support vector regression (FSVR).
Review
Neurosciences
Sagarika Bhattacharjee, Rajan Kashyap, Turki Abualait, Shen-Hsing Annabel Chen, Woo-Kyoung Yoo, Shahid Bashir
Summary: The review highlights the key role of the primary motor cortex (M1) in higher cognitive processes, such as attention, motor learning, motor consolidation, movement inhibition, somatomotor response, and movement imagery. Studies investigate the connectivity of M1 with other cortical regions and its unexplored role in motor cognition. Overall, M1 plays a significant role beyond motor control in various cognitive processes.
JOURNAL OF MOTOR BEHAVIOR
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Rajan Kashyap, Goi Khia Eng, Sagarika Bhattacharjee, Bhanu Gupta, Roger Ho, Cyrus S. H. Ho, Melvyn Zhang, Rathi Mahendran, Kang Sim, S. H. Annabel Chen
Summary: The study revealed altered brain organization in patients with OCD compared to healthy controls using individual-based approaches to maximize the identification of underlying network-based features specific to the OCD group. This suggests differences in functional architecture in patients with OCD and control groups, indicating potential unique patterns in OCD pathophysiology.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
Review
Chemistry, Analytical
Tam Pham, Zen Juen Lau, S. H. Annabel Chen, Dominique Makowski
Summary: HRV has been popularized in research due to its ease of collection and clinical relevance, but the complexity of analytical approaches poses challenges for users lacking background knowledge, highlighting the importance of improving users' understanding of HRV indices and standardizing analysis pipelines to ensure research reproducibility.
Article
Clinical Neurology
Sagarika Bhattacharjee, Rajan Kashyap, Alicia M. Goodwill, Beth Ann O'Brien, Brenda Rapp, Kenichi Oishi, John E. Desmond, S. H. Annabel Chen
Summary: The study revealed sex differences in simulated tDCS current density, though patterns varied across age groups and stimulation locations.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Victoria Leong, Kausar Raheel, Jia Yi Sim, Kriti Kacker, Vasilis M. Karlaftis, Chrysoula Vassiliu, Kastoori Kalaivanan, S. H. Annabel Chen, Trevor W. Robbins, Barbara J. Sahakian, Zoe Kourtzi
Summary: This study examines the opportunities and challenges of web-based testing and highlights the urgent need to establish a standard data quality assurance framework. The results show that remote guided testing data is statistically-equivalent to in-person data and could be an alternative for collecting high-quality cognitive data.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Kai-Hsiang Chuang, Pei-Huan Wu, Zengmin Li, Kang-Hsing Fan, Jun-Cheng Weng
Summary: This study developed a deep learning network based on generative adversarial networks (GAN) to automatically correct coil inhomogeneity and extract the brain from different image contrasts without user intervention. Using various quantitative indices, it was shown that this method achieved high similarity to the reference target and had consistent performance across different datasets. These results highlight the potential of deep networks to integrate different postprocessing methods and adapt to different image contrasts.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Dominique Makowski, An Shu Te, Tam Pham, Zen Juen Lau, S. H. Annabel Chen
Summary: Complexity quantification is an important research direction in psychophysiology, but comparisons among existing indices are lacking. This study used NeuroKit2 Python software to compare 112 complexity indices from various aspects. A selection of 12 indices was proposed to quantify the complexity of time series.
Review
Neurosciences
Zen J. Lau, Tam Pham, S. H. Annabel Chen, Dominique Makowski
Summary: There is a growing trend in neuroscience research towards using complexity analysis to quantify neural activity measured by EEG signals. These complexity measures not only reveal complex neuronal processes that cannot be captured by linear approaches, but also show potential as biomarkers of psychopathology. However, the opacity of algorithms and descriptions originating from mathematical concepts has made it difficult to understand complexity and draw consistent conclusions in psychology and neuropsychiatry research.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Neurosciences
Rajan Kashyap, Sagarika Bhattacharjee, Rose Dawn Bharath, Ganesan Venkatasubramanian, Kaviraja Udupa, Shahid Bashir, Kenichi Oishi, John E. Desmond, S. H. Annabel Chen, Cuntai Guan
Summary: The volume of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) plays a crucial role in determining the focal or non-focal effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on the brain. Higher CSF volume is associated with focal stimulation and higher current density at the target region of interest (ROI), while lower CSF volume is associated with non-focal stimulation and lower current density at the target ROI.
FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Xiaoqing Alice Zhou, Grace Ngiam, Lei Qian, Kornraviya Sankorrakul, Elizabeth J. Coulson, Kai-Hsiang Chuang
Summary: Degeneration of cholinergic neurons in the basal forebrain (BF) is a contributing factor to cognitive impairment. However, the volume changes measured by structural MRI in the BF do not directly reflect the changes in cholinergic neurons.
NEUROBIOLOGY OF AGING
(2022)
Review
Neuroimaging
Alicia M. Goodwill, Li Tong Low, Peter T. Fox, P. Mickle Fox, Kenneth K. Poon, Sourav S. Bhowmick, S. H. Annabel Chen
Summary: Social and non-social deficits in autism spectrum disorders (ASD) persist into adulthood and may share common regions of aberrant neural activations. A meta-analysis found that individuals with ASD showed hypo-activation in the left amygdala, and co-activation in the right cerebellum and left fusiform gyrus, which may be related to social cognition.
BRAIN IMAGING AND BEHAVIOR
(2023)
Article
Neurosciences
Joanes Grandjean, Gabriel Desrosiers-Gregoire, Cynthia Anckaerts, Diego Angeles-Valdez, Fadi Ayad, David A. Barriere, Ines Blockx, Aleksandra Bortel, Margaret Broadwater, Beatriz M. Cardoso, Marina Celestine, Jorge E. Chavez-Negrete, Sangcheon Choi, Emma Christiaen, Perrin Clavijo, Luis Colon-Perez, Samuel Cramer, Tolomeo Daniele, Elaine Dempsey, Yujian Diao, Arno Doelemeyer, David Dopfel, Lenka Dvorakova, Claudia Falfan-Melgoza, Francisca F. Fernandes, Caitlin F. Fowler, Antonio Fuentes-Ibanez, Clement Garin, Eveline Gelderman, Carla E. M. Golden, Chao C. G. Guo, Marloes J. A. G. Henckens, Lauren A. Hennessy, Peter Herman, Nita Hofwijks, Corey Horien, Tudor M. Ionescu, Jolyon Jones, Johannes Kaesser, Eugene Kim, Henriette Lambers, Alberto Lazari, Sung-Ho Lee, Amanda Lillywhite, Yikang Liu, Yanyan Y. Liu, Alejandra Lopez-Castro, Xavier Lopez-Gil, Zilu Ma, Eilidh MacNicol, Dan Madularu, Francesca Mandino, Sabina Marciano, Matthew J. McAuslan, Patrick McCunn, Alison McIntosh, Xianzong Meng, Lisa Meyer-Baese, Stephan Missault, Federico Moro, Daphne M. P. Naessens, Laura J. Nava-Gomez, Hiroi Nonaka, Juan J. Ortiz, Jaakko Paasonen, Lore M. Peeters, Mickael Pereira, Pablo D. Perez, Marjory Pompilus, Malcolm Prior, Rustam Rakhmatullin, Henning M. Reimann, Jonathan Reinwald, Rodrigo Triana Del Rio, Alejandro Rivera-Olvera, Daniel Ruiz-Perez, Gabriele Russo, Tobias J. Rutten, Rie Ryoke, Markus Sack, Piergiorgio Salvan, Basavaraju G. Sanganahalli, Aileen Schroeter, Bhedita J. Seewoo, Erwan Selingue, Aline Seuwen, Bowen Shi, Nikoloz Sirmpilatze, Joanna A. Smith, Corrie Smith, Filip Sobczak, Petteri J. Stenroos, Milou Straathof, Sandra Strobelt, Akira Sumiyoshi, Kengo Takahashi, Maria E. Torres-Garcia, Raul Tudela, Monica van den Berg, Kajo van der Marel, Aran T. B. van Hout, Roberta Vertullo, Benjamin Vidal, Roel M. Vrooman, Victora X. Wang, Isabel Wank, David J. G. Watson, Ting Yin, Yongzhi Zhang, Stefan Zurbruegg, Sophie Achard, Sarael Alcauter, Dorothee P. Auer, Emmanuel L. Barbier, Juergen Baudewig, Christian F. Beckmann, Nicolau Beckmann, Guillaume J. P. C. Becq, Erwin L. A. Blezer, Radu Bolbos, Susann Boretius, Sandrine Bouvard, Eike Budinger, Joseph D. Buxbaum, Diana Cash, Victoria Chapman, Kai-Hsiang Chuang, Luisa Ciobanu, Bram F. Coolen, Jeffrey W. Dalley, Marc Dhenain, Rick M. Dijkhuizen, Oscar Esteban, Cornelius Faber, Marcelo Febo, Kirk W. Feindel, Gianluigi Forloni, Jeremie Fouquet, Eduardo A. Garza-Villarreal, Natalia Gass, Jeffrey C. Glennon, Alessandro Gozzi, Olli Grohn, Andrew Harkin, Arend Heerschap, Xavier Helluy, Kristina Herfert, Arnd Heuser, Judith R. Homberg, Danielle J. Houwing, Fahmeed Hyder, Giovanna Diletta Ielacqua, Ileana O. Jelescu, Heidi Johansen-Berg, Gen Kaneko, Ryuta Kawashima, Shella D. Keilholz, Georgios A. Keliris, Clare Kelly, Christian Kerskens, Jibran Y. Khokhar, Peter C. Kind, Jean-Baptiste Langlois, Jason P. Lerch, Monica A. Lopez-Hidalgo, Denise Manahan-Vaughan, Fabien Marchand, Rogier B. Mars, Gerardo Marsella, Edoardo Micotti, Emma Munoz-Moreno, Jamie Near, Thoralf Niendorf, Willem M. Otte, Patricia Pais-Roldan, Wen-Ju Pan, Roberto A. Prado-Alcala, Gina L. Quirarte, Jennifer Rodger, Tim Rosenow, Cassandra Sampaio-Baptista, Alexander Sartorius, Stephen J. Sawiak, Tom W. J. Scheenen, Noam Shemesh, Yen-Yu Ian Shih, Amir Shmuel, Guadalupe Soria, Ron Stoop, Garth J. Thompson, Sally M. Till, Nick Todd, Annemie van der Linden, Annette van der Toorn, Geralda A. F. van Tilborg, Christian Vanhove, Andor Veltien, Marleen Verhoye, Lydia Wachsmuth, Wolfgang Weber-Fahr, Patricia Wenk, Xin Yu, Valerio Zerbi, Nanyin Zhang, Baogui B. Zhang, Luc Zimmer, Gabriel A. Devenyi, M. Mallar Chakravarty, Andreas Hess
Summary: Task-free functional connectivity in animal models is an important tool for studying connectivity phenomena. However, the lack of standardized protocols and analysis methods hampers result comparison and integration. In this study, the authors developed a standardized protocol, called StandardRat, for rat functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) acquisition and analysis, which enhances the detection of functional connectivity patterns and promotes cooperation in neuroscience research.
NATURE NEUROSCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Neurosciences
Nestor Vinas-Guasch, Tommy Hock Beng Ng, Jiamin Gladys Heng, Yee Cheun Chan, Effie Chew, John E. Desmond, S. H. Annabel Chen
Summary: An increasing body of evidence suggests that the cerebellum plays a role in cognition, particularly in verbal working memory mechanisms. However, little is known about the involvement of the cerebellum in visual working memory. This study used fMRI-guided transcranial magnetic stimulation to investigate the necessity of the left superior and left inferior cerebellum in visual working memory. The results suggest that these regions are involved in different stages of visual working memory, further highlighting the importance of the cerebellum in cognition.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Dominique Makowski, Tam Pham, Zen J. Lau, Adrian Raine, S. H. Annabel Chen
Summary: This study aims to explore the structure of dispositional deception and validate a questionnaire to characterize individuals' lying patterns. The results showed four distinct dimensions and established the convergent validity of the questionnaire.
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Hengshuang Liu, Makoto Miyakoshi, Toshiharu Nakai, Shen-Hsing Annabel Chen
Summary: This study demonstrates the preservation of listening comprehension ability in the aging brain, contradicting the stereotype of cognitive decline. Older adults showed preserved accuracy but slower response times in an auditory semantic-tone task, attributed to weakened interconnectivity. Older adults with superior performance exhibited increased interregional connectivity in domain-general networks.
AGING NEUROPSYCHOLOGY AND COGNITION
(2022)
