Selection and updating of mental representations in working memory: A combined MEG and fMRI approach

• Applicant: Privatdozent Dr. Christoph Bledowski
• Subject Area: Personality Psychology, Clinical and Medical Psychology, Methodology
• Term: from 2008 to 2009
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 71616496

• Final Report Year: 2009

Final Report Abstract

In conclusion, the current study provides behavioural and neurophysiological evidence for a functional and anatomical distinction between selection and updating within working memory. Our results support a generic working memory model based on interactions between attentional and mnemonic systems by showing that these two operations that control the working memory content recruit dissociable neural substrates that have previously been related to attention and memory.