Individual differences in spatial working memory strategies differentially reflected in the engagement of control and default brain networks.

ABSTRACT: Spatial locations can be encoded and maintained in working memory using different representations and strategies. Fine-grained representations provide detailed stimulus information, but are cognitively demanding and prone to inexactness. The uncertainty in fine-grained representations can be compensated by the use of coarse, but robust categorical representations. In this study, we employed an individual differences approach to identify brain activity correlates of the use of fine-grained and categorical representations in spatial working memory. We combined data from six functional magnetic resonance imaging studies, resulting in a sample of $155$ ($77$ women, $25 \pm 5$ years) healthy participants performing a spatial working memory task. Our results showed that individual differences in

SUBMITTER: Purg Suljic N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11364466 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature