Timescales of learning in prefrontal cortex

JA Miller, C Constantinidis - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2024 - nature.com
The lateral prefrontal cortex (PFC) in humans and other primates is critical for immediate,
goal-directed behaviour and working memory, which are classically considered distinct from …

Using precision approaches to improve brain-behavior prediction

HJ Lee, A Dworetsky, N Labora, C Gratton - Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2024 - cell.com
Predicting individual behavioral traits from brain idiosyncrasies has broad practical
implications, yet predictions vary widely. This constraint may be driven by a combination of …

Distinct functions for beta and alpha bursts in gating of human working memory

J Liljefors, R Almeida, G Rane, JN Lundström… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Multiple neural mechanisms underlying gating to working memory have been proposed with
divergent results obtained in human and animal studies. Previous findings from non-human …

The role of the prefrontal cortex in modulating aggression in humans and rodents

X Li, L Xiong, Y Li - Behavioural Brain Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Accumulating evidence suggests that the prefrontal cortex (PFC) plays an important role in
aggression. However, the findings regarding the key neural mechanisms and molecular …

[HTML][HTML] Structured memory representations develop at multiple time scales in hippocampal-cortical networks

A Tambini, J Miller, L Ehlert, A Kiyonaga, M D'Esposito - bioRxiv, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Influential views of systems memory consolidation posit that the hippocampus rapidly forms
representations of specific events, while neocortical networks extract regularities across …

[HTML][HTML] Feedback scales the spatial tuning of cortical responses during visual memory

R Woodry, CE Curtis, J Winawer - bioRxiv, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Perception, working memory, and long-term memory each evoke neural responses in visual
cortex, suggesting that memory uses encoding mechanisms shared with perception. While …

Local organization of spatial and shape information in the primate prefrontal cortex

Y Sun, W Dang, RG Jaffe, C Constantinidis - Cerebral Cortex, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The current understanding of sensory and motor cortical areas has been defined by the
existence of topographical maps across the brain surface, however, higher cortical areas …

Convolutional neural networks uncover the dynamics of human visual memory representations over time

E Zohar, S Kozak, D Abeles, M Shahar… - Cerebral …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The ability to accurately retrieve visual details of past events is a fundamental cognitive
function relevant for daily life. While a visual stimulus contains an abundance of information …

Emotional learning retroactively promotes memory integration through rapid neural reactivation and reorganization

Y Zhu, Y Zeng, J Ren, L Zhang, C Chen, G Fernandez… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Neutral events preceding emotional experiences can be better remembered, likely by
assigning them as significant to guide possible use in future. Yet, the neurobiological …

Brain-wide human oscillatory local field potential activity during visual working memory

B Singh, Z Wang, LM Madiah, SE Gatti, JN Fulton… - Iscience, 2024 - cell.com
Oscillatory activity in the local field potential (LFP) is thought to be a marker of cognitive
processes. To understand how it differentiates tasks and brain areas in humans, we …