Essential considerations for exploring visual working memory storage in the human brain

• Published in: Visual cognition Vol. 29; no. 7; pp. 425 - 436
• Main Authors: Iamshchinina, Polina, Christophel, Thomas B., Gayet, Surya, Rademaker, Rosanne L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hove Routledge 09.08.2021; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: brain-behavior relationship; early visual cortex; fMRI; Intraparietal sulcus; Memory; Neural coding; posterior parietal cortex; sensory recruitment; Short term memory; Visual cortex; Visual working memory

Visual working memory (VWM) relies on a distributed cortical network. Yet, the extent to which individual cortical areas, like early visual cortex and intraparietal sulcus, are essential to VWM storage remains debated. Here, we reanalyze key datasets from two independent labs to address three topics...