Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Central executive function in working memory: event-related brain potential studies

I Kiss1, C Pisio, A Francois

  • 1Toupin Psychophysiology Laboratory, Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. ivan_kiss@grhosp.ab.ca

Brain Research. Cognitive Brain Research
|June 19, 1998
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Classification of harmful radiation-induced effects on human health for radiological protection purposes: history and concepts.

Annals of the ICRP·2026
Same author

ICRP task group 123: classification of harmful radiation-induced effects on human health for radiological protection purposes.

Annals of the ICRP·2026
Same author

Middle-ear osteolytic transthyretin amyloidosis: A CARE case report.

European annals of otorhinolaryngology, head and neck diseases·2024
Same author

Targeting of 3D oral cancer spheroids by αVβ6 integrin using near-infrared peptide-conjugated IRDye 680.

Cancer cell international·2024
Same author

Detection of radiation-induced senescence by the Debacq-Chainiaux protocol: Improvements and upgrade in the detection of positive events.

Methods in cell biology·2024
Same author

[Interactions between vascular endothelium and immune cells: A key control point of radiation-induced digestive lesions].

Cancer radiotherapie : journal de la Societe francaise de radiotherapie oncologique·2023
Same journal

Robotic movement elicits automatic imitation.

Brain research. Cognitive brain research·2005
Same journal

On the neural basis of focused and divided attention.

Brain research. Cognitive brain research·2005
Same journal

Task difficulty in a simultaneous face matching task modulates activity in face fusiform area.

Brain research. Cognitive brain research·2005
Same journal

The role of the left Brodmann's areas 44 and 45 in reading words and pseudowords.

Brain research. Cognitive brain research·2005
Same journal

Event-related potentials to violations of inflectional verb morphology in English.

Brain research. Cognitive brain research·2005
Same journal

Individual differences in brain activity during visuo-spatial processing assessed by slow cortical potentials and LORETA.

Brain research. Cognitive brain research·2005
See all related articles

This study used event-related brain potentials (ERPs) to investigate working memory updating. Findings suggest ERPs reflect cognitive processing control during memory updates, supporting models of central executive function.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Neuropsychology

Background:

  • Working memory is crucial for dynamic information processing.
  • Baddeley's model proposes distinct storage and executive control modules.
  • Previous behavioral studies implicated the central executive in memory updating.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify neural correlates of working memory updating using ERPs.
  • To differentiate processing and storage components in memory updating.
  • To test the role of the central executive in dynamic memory revision.

Main Methods:

  • Recording visual event-related brain potentials (ERPs).
  • Employing a running memory task with dynamic updating.
  • Utilizing a control task with identical stimuli but no updating.

Related Experiment Videos

  • Isolating cognitive processing ERPs via subtraction methods.

    • Main Results:

    • Difference ERPs primarily reflected processing control, not storage.
    • Findings align with Baddeley's working memory model.
    • ERP data suggest additional control processes, possibly for proactive interference reduction, are involved in updating.

    Conclusions:

    • Event-related potentials (ERPs) provide a neural correlate for central executive activity.
    • Memory updating involves cognitive processes beyond those identified behaviorally.
    • This research refines our understanding of working memory updating mechanisms.