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Assessing Working Memory in Children: The Comprehensive Assessment Battery for Children – Working Memory (CABC-WM)
Published on: June 12, 2017
Neurocognitive Architecture of Working Memory.
Johan Eriksson1, Edward K Vogel2, Anders Lansner3
1Department of Integrative Medical Biology, Umeå University, 901 87 Umeå, Sweden; Umeå Center for Function Brain Imaging (UFBI), Umeå University, 901 87 Umeå, Sweden.
Working memory, essential for complex behaviors, relies on brain network interactions. Emerging evidence suggests synaptic plasticity and non-conscious processing also play key roles.
Area of Science:
- Cognitive Neuroscience
- Neurobiology
Background:
- Working memory is vital for temporary information processing and guiding complex behaviors.
- Current understanding points to interactions between long-term memory and processes like attention within neural loops.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore the neural mechanisms underlying working memory maintenance.
- To investigate the role of synaptic plasticity and non-conscious processing in working memory.
Main Methods:
- Review of recent data and theoretical models.
- Analysis of neural network interactions (reentrant loops).
Main Results:
- Working memory maintenance involves interactions between frontal, posterior cortical, and sub-cortical structures.
- These interactions explain capacity limits, aging effects, and training transfer.
- Synaptic plasticity and non-conscious information processing are implicated in working memory.
Conclusions:
- Working memory is dynamically supported by large-scale brain network interactions.
- Future research should focus on synaptic mechanisms and the role of unconscious processing.
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