Recruitment of a long-term memory supporting neural network during repeated maintenance of a multi-item abstract visual image in working memory.

ABSTRACT: Humans can flexibly transfer information between different memory systems. Information in visual working memory (VWM) can for instance be stored in long-term memory (LTM). Conversely, information can be retrieved from LTM and temporarily held in WM when needed. It has previously been suggested that a neural transition from parietal- to midfrontal activity during repeated visual search reflects transfer of information from WM to LTM. Whether this neural transition indeed reflects consolidation and is also observed when memorizing a rich visual scene (rather than responding to a single target), is not known. To investigate this, we employed an EEG paradigm, in which abstract six-item colour-arrays were repeatedly memorized and explicitly visualized, or merely attended to. Importantly, we tes

SUBMITTER: Heinen KTH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8755800 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature