FNIRS measurement of cortical activation and functional connectivity during a visuospatial working memory task.

ABSTRACT: Demands on visuospatial working memory are a ubiquitous part of everyday life. As such, significant efforts have been made to understand how the brain responds to these demands in real-world environments. Multiple brain imaging studies have highlighted a fronto-parietal cortical network that underlies visuospatial working memory, is modulated by cognitive load, and that appears to respond uniquely to encoding versus retrieval components. Furthermore, multiple studies have identified functional connectivity in regions of the fronto-parietal network during working memory tasks. Together, these findings have helped outline important aspects of the neural architecture that underlies visuospatial working memory. Here, we provide results from the first fNIRS-based investigation of fronto-parieta

SUBMITTER: Baker JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6072025 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature