Decoding the content of working memory in school-aged children.

ABSTRACT: Developmental improvements in working memory (WM) maintenance predict many real-world outcomes, including educational attainment. It is thus critical to understand which WM mechanisms support these behavioral improvements, and how WM maintenance strategies might change through development. One challenge is that specific WM neural mechanisms cannot easily be measured behaviorally, especially in a child population. However, new multivariate decoding techniques have been designed, primarily in adult populations, that can sensitively decode the contents of WM. The goal of this study was to deploy multivariate decoding techniques known to decode memory representations in adults to decode the contents of WM in children. We created a simple computerized WM game for children, in which children mai

SUBMITTER: Turoman N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9934641 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature