Post-encoding control of working memory enhances processing of relevant information in rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta).

ABSTRACT: Working memory is a system by which a limited amount of information can be kept available for processing after the cessation of sensory input. Because working memory resources are limited, it is adaptive to focus processing on the most relevant information. We used a retro-cue paradigm to determine the extent to which monkey working memory possesses control mechanisms that focus processing on the most relevant representations. Monkeys saw a sample array of images, and shortly after the array disappeared, they were visually cued to a location that had been occupied by one of the sample images. The cue indicated which image should be remembered for the upcoming recognition test. By determining whether the monkeys were more accurate and quicker to respond to cued images compared to un-cued im

SUBMITTER: Brady RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5879026 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature