Dynamics of auditory working memory
- Working memory denotes the ability to retain stimuli in mind that are no longer physically present and to perform mental operations on them. Electro- and magnetoencephalography allow investigating the short-term maintenance of acoustic stimuli at a high temporal resolution. Studies investigating working memory for non-spatial and spatial auditory information have suggested differential roles of regions along the putative auditory ventral and dorsal streams, respectively, in the processing of the different sound properties. Analyses of event-related potentials have shown sustained, memory load-dependent deflections over the retention periods. The topography of these waves suggested an involvement of modality-specific sensory storage regions. Spectral analysis has yielded information about the temporal dynamics of auditory working memory processing of individual stimuli, showing activation peaks during the delay phase whose timing was related to task performance. Coherence at different frequencies was enhanced between frontal and sensory cortex. In summary, auditory working memory seems to rely on the dynamic interplay between frontal executive systems and sensory representation regions.
Author: | Jochen KaiserORCiDGND |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-519084 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00613 |
ISSN: | 1664-1078 |
Pubmed Id: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26029146 |
Parent Title (English): | Frontiers in psychology |
Publisher: | Frontiers Research Foundation |
Place of publication: | Lausanne |
Contributor(s): | Timothy M. Ellmore |
Document Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Year of Completion: | 2015 |
Date of first Publication: | 2015/05/11 |
Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
Release Date: | 2019/12/04 |
Tag: | coupling; event-related potentials; gamma; non-spatial processing; review; spatial processing; spectral activity |
Volume: | 6 |
Issue: | Art. 613 |
Page Number: | 6 |
First Page: | 1 |
Last Page: | 6 |
Note: | Copyright © 2015 Kaiser. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms |
HeBIS-PPN: | 458200433 |
Institutes: | Medizin / Medizin |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 1 Philosophie und Psychologie / 15 Psychologie / 150 Psychologie |
Sammlungen: | Universitätspublikationen |
Licence (German): | Creative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0 |