Decoding reveals the contents of visual working memory in early visual areas

Seeing is remembering Although we can hold several different items in working visual memory, how we remember specific details and visual features of individual objects remains a mystery. The neurons in the higher-order areas responsible for working memory seem to exhibit no selectivity for visual de...

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Published in:	Nature Vol. 458; no. 7238; pp. 632 - 635
Main Authors:	Harrison, Stephenie A., Tong, Frank
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Nature Publishing Group UK 02.04.2009 Nature Publishing Group
Subjects:	Accuracy Adult Analysis Biological and medical sciences Brain Cognitive ability Experiments Eye and associated structures. Visual pathways and centers. Vision Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Humanities and Social Sciences Humans letter Magnetic Resonance Imaging Memory Memory - physiology Models, Neurological multidisciplinary Orientation Orientation (Psychology) Photic Stimulation Science Science (multidisciplinary) Sensory memory Time Factors Vertebrates: nervous system and sense organs Visual Cortex - physiology Visual perception Visual Perception - physiology Visualization United Kingdom Human Visual cortex Stimulus Central nervous system Cognition Selectivity Orientation Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging Encephalon Visual pathway Perception Early Visual information Working memory Functional imaging
ISSN:	0028-0836, 1476-4687, 1476-4687, 1476-4679
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