Working memory (WM) provides the functional backbone to high-level cognition.
Maintenance in WM is often assumed to depend on the stationary persistence of neural …

What are the neural mechanisms underlying working memory (WM)? One influential theory
posits that neurons in the lateral prefrontal cortex (lPFC) store WM information via persistent …

Working memory (WM) extends the duration over which information is available for
processing. Given its importance in supporting a wide-array of high level cognitive abilities …

Working memory (WM) is the ability to remember and manipulate information for short time
intervals. Recent studies have proposed that sustained firing encoding the contents of WM is …

Competing accounts propose that working memory (WM) is subserved either by persistent
activity in single neurons or by dynamic (time-varying) activity across a neural population …

Working memory (WM) is important for guiding behaviour, but not always for the next
possible action. Here we define a WM item that is currently relevant for guiding behaviour as …

Working memory (WM) maintains task-relevant information in a state ready for processing.
While traditional theories assume that sustained neuronal activity is responsible for WM, the …

Working memory refers to the temporary retention of information that was just experienced or
just retrieved from long-term memory but no longer exists in the external environment. These …

Conclusion After delineating several key principles, we contend that sensory recruitment
theory remains the most parsimonious account of extant data. Nevertheless, the ideas …

A crucial role for working memory in temporary information processing and guidance of
complex behavior has been recognized for many decades. There is emerging consensus …