SynthesisBiological psychology2016
Delayed match-to-sample in working memory: A BrainMap meta-analysis.
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52 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 106 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Neural activity during working memory encoding, maintenance, and retrieval: A network-based model and meta-analysis.Human brain mapping · 2019Pooled it
- The impact of affective information on working memory: A pair of meta-analytic reviews of behavioral and neuroimaging evidence.Psychological bulletin · 2019Pooled it
- Working memory training restores aberrant brain activity in adult attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.Human brain mapping · 2020Trial
- Beta wave enhancement neurofeedback improves cognitive functions in patients with mild cognitive impairment: A preliminary pilot study.Medicine · 2019Trial
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- Stage-Specific Processing in Numerosity Working Memory: ERP Evidence for Load and Mismatch Effects in a Delayed Match-to-Sample Task.NeuroSci · 2026Article
- Recursion beyond language: Lexical and arithmetic interference in visual hierarchical embedding.Psychological research · 2026Article
- Model-agnostic linear-memory online learning in spiking neural networks.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Working memory network dysfunction in bipolar I vs. bipolar II disorder: a systematic review of task-fMRI evidence.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Review
- Prefrontal cortical deficits are a putative susceptibility factor for PTSD.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2026Article
- Working memory capacity and emotion regulation strategies differentially predict proactive and reactive cognitive control.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Synthesis and perceptual scaling of high-resolution naturalistic images using Stable Diffusion.Behavior research methods · 2025Article
- Mindfulness training enhances face working memory: evidence from the drift-diffusion model.NPJ science of learning · 2025Article
- Investigation of Lexical and Inflectional Verb Production and Comprehension in French-Speaking Teenagers with Developmental Language Disorders (DLDs).Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Neurodetector: EEG-Based Cognitive Assessment Using Event-Related Potentials as a Virtual Switch.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- Simultaneous EEG-fMRI Reveals a Visual Working Memory Encoding Network Related to Theta Oscillatory Activity in Healthy Subjects.Human brain mapping · 2025Article
- Exploring the n-back task: insights, applications, and future directions.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2025Review
- Introducing ART: A new method for testing auditory memory with circular reproduction tasks.Behavior research methods · 2024Article
- Reduction of APOE accounts for neurobehavioral deficits in fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.Molecular psychiatry · 2024Article
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Abstract
Working memory (WM), or the ability to temporarily store and manipulate information, is one of the most widely studied constructs in cognitive psychology. Since its inception, it has become one of the leading explanations for how humans are able to operate on a cognitive level. The current study probed the neural networks underlying one of the most commonly used tasks, delayed match-to-sample (DMTS), to study WM. An activation likelihood estimation (ALE) analysis of 42 functional neuroimaging studies (626 participants) was conducted to demonstrate neural network engagement during DMTS. Results demonstrated strong convergence in brain regions commonly associated with the working memory construct (i.e., dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, fusiform gyrus, and posterior parietal cortex). However, neural activation in two regions frequently attributed to WM were absent from this meta-analysis: the anterior cingulate and the rostral prefrontal cortex, suggesting that these regions may be more sensitive to task or stimuli characteristics. In a post-hoc analysis, we deconstructed the DMTS meta-analysis to examine nonverbal versus verbal stimuli, and found notable neurofunctional differences such that DMTS using nonverbal stimuli consistently engaged the right middle frontal gyrus (BA 6/46) and precuneus (BA 7) more so than verbal stimuli based DMTS. These results provide a foundation for future models of functional connectivity that may elucidate subtle differences in working memory attributable to pathological processes.
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