Brain oscillatory correlates of working memory constraints

Roman Freunberger; Markus Werkle-Bergner; Birgit Griesmayr; Ulman Lindenberger; Wolfgang Klimesch

doi:10.1016/j.brainres.2010.12.048

Brain oscillatory correlates of working memory constraints

Roman Freunberger
, Markus Werkle-Bergner^*
, Birgit Griesmayr
, Ulman Lindenberger
, Wolfgang Klimesch

^*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Contribution to journal › Short survey › peer-review

Abstract

It has been claimed that the coordination of neuronal oscillations differing in frequency is relevant for cognition. However, the validity of this claim has scarcely been investigated. Recent studies revealed that cross-frequency phase coupling and modulations of alpha-power dissociate between retention of relevant and suppression of irrelevant information in visual working memory (WM). We summarize these important results, and discuss possible implications for understanding the neural mechanisms of WM constraints.

Translated title of the contribution	Brain oscillatory correlates of working memory constraints
Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	93-102
Number of pages	10
Journal	Brain Research
Volume	1375
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2010.12.048
Publication status	Published - 23 Feb 2011

Keywords

Alpha
Capacity
Gamma
Inhibition
Theta
Working memory

Fields of Science and Technology Classification 2012

501 Psychology

Access to Document

10.1016/j.brainres.2010.12.048

Cite this

@article{52358b4c8640421ca90769af409f9cd0,

title = "Brain oscillatory correlates of working memory constraints",

abstract = "It has been claimed that the coordination of neuronal oscillations differing in frequency is relevant for cognition. However, the validity of this claim has scarcely been investigated. Recent studies revealed that cross-frequency phase coupling and modulations of alpha-power dissociate between retention of relevant and suppression of irrelevant information in visual working memory (WM). We summarize these important results, and discuss possible implications for understanding the neural mechanisms of WM constraints.",

keywords = "Alpha, Capacity, Gamma, Inhibition, Theta, Working memory",

author = "Roman Freunberger and Markus Werkle-Bergner and Birgit Griesmayr and Ulman Lindenberger and Wolfgang Klimesch",

year = "2011",

month = feb,

day = "23",

doi = "10.1016/j.brainres.2010.12.048",

language = "English",

volume = "1375",

pages = "93--102",

journal = "Brain Research",

issn = "0006-8993",

publisher = "Elsevier B.V.",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Brain oscillatory correlates of working memory constraints

AU - Freunberger, Roman

AU - Werkle-Bergner, Markus

AU - Griesmayr, Birgit

AU - Lindenberger, Ulman

AU - Klimesch, Wolfgang

PY - 2011/2/23

Y1 - 2011/2/23

N2 - It has been claimed that the coordination of neuronal oscillations differing in frequency is relevant for cognition. However, the validity of this claim has scarcely been investigated. Recent studies revealed that cross-frequency phase coupling and modulations of alpha-power dissociate between retention of relevant and suppression of irrelevant information in visual working memory (WM). We summarize these important results, and discuss possible implications for understanding the neural mechanisms of WM constraints.

AB - It has been claimed that the coordination of neuronal oscillations differing in frequency is relevant for cognition. However, the validity of this claim has scarcely been investigated. Recent studies revealed that cross-frequency phase coupling and modulations of alpha-power dissociate between retention of relevant and suppression of irrelevant information in visual working memory (WM). We summarize these important results, and discuss possible implications for understanding the neural mechanisms of WM constraints.

KW - Alpha

KW - Capacity

KW - Gamma

KW - Inhibition

KW - Theta

KW - Working memory

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/79651474102

UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21172316

UR - http://www.mendeley.com/research/brain-oscillatory-correlates-working-memory-constraints

U2 - 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.12.048

DO - 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.12.048

M3 - Short survey

C2 - 21172316

AN - SCOPUS:79651474102

SN - 0006-8993

VL - 1375

SP - 93

EP - 102

JO - Brain Research

JF - Brain Research

ER -

Brain oscillatory correlates of working memory constraints

Abstract

Keywords

Fields of Science and Technology Classification 2012

Access to Document

Other files and links

Cite this