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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroimaging

Background:

  • Visual short-term memory (VSTM) capacity varies in healthy adults and is impaired in neurodevelopmental disorders.
  • Neuroanatomical theories suggest cortical map architecture limits VSTM by creating competition for space, supported by associations between V1 gray matter volume (GMV) and VSTM.
  • Neurodevelopmental disorders affecting the dorsal visual stream, like Turner syndrome, indicate broader regional vulnerabilities, suggesting other map-containing areas may influence VSTM.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the association between VSTM capacity and gray matter volume (GMV) in specific brain regions (V1, posterior IPS0-2) and on a whole-brain basis.
  • To determine if regional GMV, particularly in map-containing areas, predicts VSTM performance in healthy adults.
  • To explore the relationship between VSTM and GMV while controlling for total brain volume (TBV).

Main Methods:

  • VSTM was assessed using two tasks and a composite score in 32 healthy young adults.
  • Voxel-based morphometry of T1-weighted MRI scans was used to quantify GMV in V1 and right IPS0-2.
  • Whole-brain voxel-wise analysis was conducted to examine associations between VSTM and GMV, with and without controlling for TBV.

Main Results:

  • Total brain volume (TBV) significantly correlated with VSTM capacity.
  • Controlling for TBV substantially weakened the correlations between regional GMV (V1, IPS0-2) and VSTM.
  • Whole-brain analysis revealed associations between VSTM and GMV in the right putamen and left Rolandic operculum, but only when TBV was not controlled.

Conclusions:

  • VSTM ability is unlikely to be determined by the volume of a single cortical region.
  • The findings suggest that VSTM capacity may depend on distributed structural properties across the brain rather than localized volumes.
  • The influence of TBV on regional GMV-VSTM relationships highlights the importance of considering global brain metrics in neuroimaging studies of cognitive function.