Beyond routine maintenance: Current trends in working memory research

KCS Adam, LI Klatt, JA Miller, M Rösner… - Journal of Cognitive …, 2025 - direct.mit.edu
Working memory (WM) is an evolving concept. Our understanding of the neural functions
that support WM develops iteratively alongside the approaches used to study it, and both …

The dynamics of attentional guidance by working memory contents

HB Park, W Zhang - Cognition, 2024 - Elsevier
Working memory (WM) contents can guide attention toward matching sensory information in
the environment, but there are mixed findings regarding whether only a single prioritized …

[HTML][HTML] Internal attention modulates the functional state of novel stimulus-response associations in working memory

S Formica, AF Palenciano, L Vermeylen, NE Myers… - Cognition, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Information in working memory (WM) is crucial for guiding behavior. However, not
all WM representations are equally relevant simultaneously. Current theoretical frameworks …

Lateral prefrontal cortex controls interplay between working memory and actions

A Kiyonaga, JA Miller, M D'Esposito - bioRxiv, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Humans must often keep multiple task goals in mind, at different levels of priority and
immediacy, while also interacting with the environment. We might need to remember …

How is information in working memory selected and prioritised for action?

FAB Printzlau - 2021 - ora.ox.ac.uk
Flexible cognition necessary for everyday behaviour depends on working memory (WM)–the
ability to keep information in mind for a later use. Not all items in WM are represented …