Cognit activation: a mechanism enabling temporal integration in working memory

• Published in: Trends in cognitive sciences Vol. 16; no. 4; pp. 207 - 218
• Main Authors: Fuster, Joaquín M., Bressler, Steven L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2012; Elsevier
• Subjects: Anatomical correlates of behavior; Behavioral psychophysiology; Biological and medical sciences; Brain; Brain Mapping; Cerebral Cortex - cytology; Cerebral Cortex - physiology; Cognition - physiology; Cognitive ability; Cortex; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Human; Humans; Integration; Language; Learning. Memory; Long term memory; Memory; Memory, Short-Term - physiology; Models, Neurological; Neurology; Neurons - physiology; Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Reviews; Short term memory; Synapses - physiology; Temporal perception; Human; Cerebral cortex; Information integration; Central nervous system; Oscillation; Cognition; Activation; Working memory; Time integration; Encephalon

Working memory is critical to the integration of information across time in goal-directed behavior, reasoning and language, yet its neural substrate is unknown. Based on recent research, we propose a mechanism by which the brain can retain working memory for prospective use, thereby bridging time in...