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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
Volume 15, Issue 8, Pages 1395-1399Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.01975.x
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EEG; MEG; prefrontal cortex; short-term memory; Sternberg task
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- NINDS NIH HHS [NS34533] Funding Source: Medline
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Recent theoretical work has suggested that brain oscillations in the theta band are involved in active maintenance and recall of working memory representations. To test this theoretical framework we recorded neuromagnetic responses from 10 subjects performing the Sternberg task. Subjects were required to retain a list of 1, 3, 5 or 7 visually presented digits during a 3-s retention period. During the retention period we observed ongoing frontal theta activity in the 7-8.5-Hz band recorded by sensors over frontal brain areas. The activity in the theta band increased parametrically with the number of items retained in working memory. A time-frequency analysis revealed that the task-dependent theta was present during the retention period and during memory scanning. Following the memory task the theta activity was reduced. These results suggest that theta oscillations generated in frontal brain regions play an active role in memory maintenance.
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