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| Title |
Fronto-parietal and fronto-temporal theta phase synchronization for visual and auditory-verbal working memory
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, March 2014
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00200 |
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| Authors |
Masahiro Kawasaki, Keiichi Kitajo, Yoko Yamaguchi |
| Abstract |
In humans, theta phase (4-8 Hz) synchronization observed on electroencephalography (EEG) plays an important role in the manipulation of mental representations during working memory (WM) tasks; fronto-temporal synchronization is involved in auditory-verbal WM tasks and fronto-parietal synchronization is involved in visual WM tasks. However, whether or not theta phase synchronization is able to select the to-be-manipulated modalities is uncertain. To address the issue, we recorded EEG data from subjects who were performing auditory-verbal and visual WM tasks; we compared the theta synchronizations when subjects performed either auditory-verbal or visual manipulations in separate WM tasks, or performed both two manipulations in the same WM task. The auditory-verbal WM task required subjects to calculate numbers presented by an auditory-verbal stimulus, whereas the visual WM task required subjects to move a spatial location in a mental representation in response to a visual stimulus. The dual WM task required subjects to manipulate auditory-verbal, visual, or both auditory-verbal and visual representations while maintaining auditory-verbal and visual representations. Our time-frequency EEG analyses revealed significant fronto-temporal theta phase synchronization during auditory-verbal manipulation in both auditory-verbal and auditory-verbal/visual WM tasks, but not during visual manipulation tasks. Similarly, we observed significant fronto-parietal theta phase synchronization during visual manipulation tasks, but not during auditory-verbal manipulation tasks. Moreover, we observed significant synchronization in both the fronto-temporal and fronto-parietal theta signals during simultaneous auditory-verbal/visual manipulations. These findings suggest that theta synchronization seems to flexibly connect the brain areas that manipulate WM. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Ireland | 1 | 50% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 50% |
| Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 112 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Ph. D. Student | 25 | 22% |
| Researcher | 20 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 15 | 13% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 12 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 11 | 10% |
| Other | 17 | 15% |
| Unknown | 15 | 13% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 35 | 30% |
| Neuroscience | 26 | 23% |
| Engineering | 11 | 10% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 8 | 7% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 4% |
| Other | 9 | 8% |
| Unknown | 21 | 18% |
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