Manipulating stored phonological input during verbal working memory.
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Verbal working memory (vWM) involves storing and manipulating information in phonological sensory input. An influential theory of vWM proposes that manipulation is carried out by a central executive while storage is performed by two interacting systems: a phonological input buffer that captures sound-based information and an articulatory rehearsal system that controls speech motor output. Whether, when and how neural activity in the brain encodes these components remains unknown. Here we read out the contents of vWM from neural activity in human subjects as they manipulated stored speech sounds. As predicted, we identified storage systems that contained both phonological sensory and articulatory motor representations. Unexpectedly, however, we found that manipulation did not involve a single central executive but rather involved two systems with distinct contributions to successful manipulation. We propose, therefore, that multiple subsystems comprise the central executive needed to manipulate stored phonological input for articulatory motor output in vWM.
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Cited Authors
- Cogan, GB; Iyer, A; Melloni, L; Thesen, T; Friedman, D; Doyle, W; Devinsky, O; Pesaran, B
Published Date
- February 2017
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 20 / 2
Start / End Page
- 279 - 286
PubMed ID
- 27941789
Pubmed Central ID
- PMC5272846
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1546-1726
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1038/nn.4459
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States