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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Huang Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4974052 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
eLife 20160720
Working memory is the cognitive capacity of short-term storage of information for goal-directed behaviors. Where and how this capacity is implemented in the brain are unresolved questions. We show that auditory cortex stores information by persistent changes of neural activity. We separated activity related to working memory from activity related to other mental processes by having humans and monkeys perform different tasks with varying working memory demands on the same sound sequences. Working ...[more]