All Relations between working memory capacity and prefrontal cortex

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David Negelspach, Anna Alkozei, Alisa Huskey, William D S Killgor. Effects of Locus Coeruleus Activation on n-Back Performance and Frontoparietal Activity. Journal of cognitive neuroscience. 2024-09-30. PMID:39348102. furthermore, increased hemodynamic responses in the superior parietal lobes and dorsolateral pfc corresponded with the magnitude of lc activation near working memory capacity limits. 2024-09-30 2024-10-02 Not clear
Katherine Boere, Kent Hecker, Olave E Krigolso. Validation of a mobile fNIRS device for measuring working memory load in the prefrontal cortex. International journal of psychophysiology : official journal of the International Organization of Psychophysiology. 2023-12-04. PMID:38049074. validation of a mobile fnirs device for measuring working memory load in the prefrontal cortex. 2023-12-04 2023-12-10 human
Lisa Zarantonello, Chiara Mangini, Davide Erminelli, Silvano Fasolato, Paolo Angeli, Piero Amodio, Sara Montagnes. Working Memory in Patients with Varying Degree of Hepatic Encephalopathy (HE): A Pilot EEG-fNIRS Study. Neurochemical research. 2023-10-04. PMID:37792136. it is known that patients with covert hepatic encephalopathy (che) exhibit working memory abnormalities, but to date there is no study comparing patients with cirrhosis with/without che and controls with both electrophysiological and hemodynamic data collected at the same time.here we collected behavioral [accuracy and reaction times (rts), electrophysiological (evoked potentials) and hemodynamic (oxygenated and deoxygenated haemoglobin) correlates of an n-back task [formed by a control (0-back) condition, a low (1-back) and a high (2-back) working memory load conditions] in patients with cirrhosis with/without che: (1) at baseline (n = 21, males = 15, 58±8 yrs), and by comparison with controls (n = 21, males = 15, 57±11 yrs) and (2) after a 3-month course of rifaximin (n = 18, males = 12, 61±11 yrs), and by comparison to baseline.all patients showed slower rts (p < 0.0001) and lower p2 amplitude compared with controls (p = 0.018); moreover, patients with che showed reduced accuracy (p < 0.0001) compared with controls, and patients without che showed higher oxygenated haemoglobin in the central dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in the 2-back compared with patients with che. 2023-10-04 2023-10-07 Not clear
Chenguang Zhao, Dongwei Li, Yuanjun Kong, Hongyu Liu, Yiqing Hu, Haijing Niu, Ole Jensen, Xiaoli Li, Hanli Liu, Yan Son. Transcranial photobiomodulation enhances visual working memory capacity in humans. Science advances. vol 8. issue 48. 2022-12-02. PMID:36459562. in this study, we found that 1064-nm tpbm applied to the right prefrontal cortex (pfc) improves visual working memory capacity and increases occipitoparietal contralateral delay activity (cda). 2022-12-02 2023-08-14 Not clear
Chie Imamura, Kiyomi Sakakibara, Kyosuke Arai, Hideki Ohira, Yuhei Yamaguchi, Hitoshi Yamad. Effect of Indoor Forest Bathing on Reducing Feelings of Fatigue Using Cerebral Activity as an Indicator. International journal of environmental research and public health. vol 19. issue 11. 2022-06-10. PMID:35682257. at first, a working memory load experiment was performed among 10 participants in a space without plants to identify an indicator correlating with feelings of fatigue, using the cerebral activity of the prefrontal cortex. 2022-06-10 2023-08-14 human
Chie Imamura, Kiyomi Sakakibara, Kyosuke Arai, Hideki Ohira, Yuhei Yamaguchi, Hitoshi Yamad. Effect of Indoor Forest Bathing on Reducing Feelings of Fatigue Using Cerebral Activity as an Indicator. International journal of environmental research and public health. vol 19. issue 11. 2022-06-10. PMID:35682257. the working memory load experiment demonstrated that, when mental fatigue increased, the amount of oxygenated hemoglobin (oxy-hb) in the right prefrontal cortex and the right-left difference in oxy-hb (Δrl oxy-hb) in the prefrontal cortex increased. 2022-06-10 2023-08-14 human
Tania Llana, Cristina Fernandez-Baizan, Magdalena Mendez-Lopez, Camino Fidalgo, Marta Mende. Functional near-infrared spectroscopy in the neuropsychological assessment of spatial memory: A systematic review. Acta psychologica. vol 224. 2022-02-05. PMID:35123299. the studies analysed found linear or quadratic relationships between working memory load and pfc activity, greater activation of pfc activity and worse behavioural results in healthy older people in comparison with healthy adults, and hyperactivation of pfc as a form of compensation in clinical samples. 2022-02-05 2023-08-13 human
Augusto Buchweitz, Robert A Mason, Lêda M B Tomitch, Marcel Adam Jus. Brain activation for reading and listening comprehension: An fMRI study of modality effects and individual differences in language comprehension. Psychology & neuroscience. vol 2. issue 2. 2021-10-20. PMID:21526132. readers with lower working memory capacity showed more activation of right-hemisphere areas (spillover of activation) and more activation in the prefrontal cortex, potentially associated with more demand placed on executive control processes. 2021-10-20 2023-08-12 human
Ying Xing Feng, Masashi Kiguchi, Wei Chun Ung, Sarat Chandra Dass, Ahmad Fadzil Mohd Hani, Tong Boon Tang, Eric Tatt Wei H. Working Memory Performance under a Negative Affect Is More Susceptible to Higher Cognitive Workloads with Different Neural Haemodynamic Correlates. Brain sciences. vol 11. issue 7. 2021-08-09. PMID:34356169. we investigate the interactive effects of affective states and working memory load (wml) on working memory task performance and haemodynamic activity using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fnirs) neuroimaging on the pfc of healthy participants. 2021-08-09 2023-08-13 human
Jaylyn Waddell, Elizabeth Hill, Shiyu Tang, Li Jiang, Su Xu, Sandra M Moone. Choline Plus Working Memory Training Improves Prenatal Alcohol-Induced Deficits in Cognitive Flexibility and Functional Connectivity in Adulthood in Rats. Nutrients. vol 12. issue 11. 2021-04-22. PMID:33202683. working memory capacity and accuracy increases during adolescence when neurons in the prefrontal cortex undergo refinement. 2021-04-22 2023-08-13 rat
Paul Sauseng, Heinrich R Liesefel. Cognitive Control: Brain Oscillations Coordinate Human Working Memory. Current biology : CB. vol 30. issue 9. 2021-03-12. PMID:32369754. a new study has found that rhythmical brain stimulation at theta frequency (5hz) over prefrontal cortex and stimulation at alpha frequency (10hz) over posterior parietal cortex increase visual working memory capacity, the effects being due respectively to prioritisation of target information and suppression of distracting information. 2021-03-12 2023-08-13 human
Stephen H Fairclough, Christopher Burns, Ute Krepli. FNIRS activity in the prefrontal cortex and motivational intensity: impact of working memory load, financial reward, and correlation-based signal improvement. Neurophotonics. vol 5. issue 3. 2020-10-01. PMID:30035151. fnirs activity in the prefrontal cortex and motivational intensity: impact of working memory load, financial reward, and correlation-based signal improvement. 2020-10-01 2023-08-13 human
Stephen H Fairclough, Christopher Burns, Ute Krepli. FNIRS activity in the prefrontal cortex and motivational intensity: impact of working memory load, financial reward, and correlation-based signal improvement. Neurophotonics. vol 5. issue 3. 2020-10-01. PMID:30035151. previous research has demonstrated changes in neurovascular activation of the prefrontal cortex to increased working memory load. 2020-10-01 2023-08-13 human
Ryan McKendrick, Amanda Harwoo. Cognitive Workload and Workload Transitions Elicit Curvilinear Hemodynamics During Spatial Working Memory. Frontiers in human neuroscience. vol 13. 2020-10-01. PMID:31824274. when underload and overload effects are combined, they should form a cubic function in lateral prefrontal cortex as a function of working memory load. 2020-10-01 2023-08-13 Not clear
Ryan McKendrick, Amanda Harwoo. Cognitive Workload and Workload Transitions Elicit Curvilinear Hemodynamics During Spatial Working Memory. Frontiers in human neuroscience. vol 13. 2020-10-01. PMID:31824274. a cubic function was observed in left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (ldlpfc; brodmann's area 46) relating working memory load to changes in oxygenated hemoglobin (hbo). 2020-10-01 2023-08-13 Not clear
Matthew K Robison, William P McGuirk, Nash Unswort. No evidence for enhancements to visual working memory with transcranial direct current stimulation to prefrontal or posterior parietal cortices. Behavioral neuroscience. vol 131. issue 4. 2018-04-02. PMID:28714714. to test this theory, we delivered transcranial dc stimulation (tdcs) to the right pfc and right ppc and measured visual working memory capacity and filtering abilities both during and immediately following stimulation. 2018-04-02 2023-08-13 Not clear
L Holper, L D Van Brussel, L Schmidt, S Schulthess, C J Burke, K Louie, E Seifritz, P N Toble. Adaptive Value Normalization in the Prefrontal Cortex Is Reduced by Memory Load. eNeuro. vol 4. issue 2. 2018-03-08. PMID:28462394. importantly, this adaptation depended on working memory load, such that response functions relating pfc activity to safe values were steeper with presented versus remembered risk. 2018-03-08 2023-08-13 human
Dennis Hernaus, Marta Ma Casales Santa, Jan Stefan Offermann, Thérèse Van Amelsvoor. Noradrenaline transporter blockade increases fronto-parietal functional connectivity relevant for working memory. European neuropsychopharmacology : the journal of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology. vol 27. issue 4. 2018-01-31. PMID:28291572. increased atomoxetine-induced insula-dorsolateral prefrontal cortex functional connectivity during this condition correlated with decreased reaction time variability and was furthermore predicted by working memory capacity. 2018-01-31 2023-08-13 human
Jong H Yoon, Anthony Grandelis, Richard J Maddoc. Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex GABA Concentration in Humans Predicts Working Memory Load Processing Capacity. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. vol 36. issue 46. 2017-07-17. PMID:27852785. dorsolateral prefrontal cortex gaba concentration in humans predicts working memory load processing capacity. 2017-07-17 2023-08-13 human
Pippa A Thomson, Barbara Duff, Douglas H R Blackwood, Liana Romaniuk, Andrew Watson, Heather C Whalley, Xiang Li, Maria R Dauvermann, T William J Moorhead, Catherine Bois, Niamh M Ryan, Holly Redpath, Lynsey Hall, Stewart W Morris, Edwin J R van Beek, Neil Roberts, David J Porteous, David St Clair, Brandon Whitcher, John Dunlop, Nicholas J Brandon, Zoë A Hughes, Jeremy Hall, Andrew McIntosh, Stephen M Lawri. Balanced translocation linked to psychiatric disorder, glutamate, and cortical structure/function. NPJ schizophrenia. vol 2. 2016-09-07. PMID:27602385. translocation carriers also showed significantly increased activation in the caudate nucleus on increasing verbal working memory load, as well as statistically significant reductions in the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex glutamate concentrations. 2016-09-07 2023-08-13 Not clear