Stairway to memory: Left-hemispheric alpha dynamics index the progressive loading of items into a short-term store.

ABSTRACT: The encoding, maintenance, and subsequent retrieval of memories over short time intervals is an essential cognitive function. Load effects on the neural dynamics supporting the maintenance of short-term memories have been well studied, but experimental design limitations have hindered the study of similar effects during the encoding of information into online memory stores. Theoretically, the active encoding of complex visual stimuli into memory must also recruit neural resources in a manner that scales with memory load. Understanding the neural systems supporting this encoding load effect is of particular importance, as some patient populations exhibit difficulties specifically with the encoding, and not the maintenance, of short-term memories. Using magnetoencephalography, a visual seque

SUBMITTER: Wiesman AI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8354033 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature