SynthesisFrontiers in human neuroscience2019
Neural Correlates of Verbal Working Memory: An fMRI Meta-Analysis.
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128 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 250 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Neurodevelopmental commonalities in cognitive control networks for mathematics and reading in meta-analysis of 3308 participants.Nature communications · 2025Pooled it
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- An ALE meta-analytic review of top-down and bottom-up processing of music in the brain.Scientific reports · 2021Pooled it
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- Working memory training restores aberrant brain activity in adult attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.Human brain mapping · 2020Trial
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- Left frontal activity measured by fNIRS during a verbal memory task is modulated by predictability in cognitively healthy older adults.Neuroimage. Reports · 2026Article
- Childhood Trauma and Frontoparietal Network Connectivity During Working Memory Task Performance in Individuals With Schizophrenia and Healthy Participants.The European journal of neuroscience · 2026Article
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- Magnetoencephalography in human neuroscience research: planning, piloting, implementation and quality assurance.Nature protocols · 2026Review
- Serotonin and working memory in mood disorder and healthy states: multi-cohort positron emission tomography study.BJPsych open · 2026Article
- Task load modulates network interactions between bilateral fronto-parietal and cerebellar areas during verbal working memory.iScience · 2026Article
- Human short-term memory learning based on dynamic glutamate levels and oscillatory activities: concurrent metabolic and electrophysiological studies using event-related functional-MRS and EEG modalities.Cognitive processing · 2026Article
- Efficacy of Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation in Improving Working Memory in Children and Adolescents with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Systematic Review.Brain sciences · 2026Review
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Abstract
Verbal Working memory (vWM) capacity measures the ability to maintain and manipulate verbal information for a short period of time. The specific neural correlates of this construct are still a matter of debate. The aim of this study was to conduct a coordinate-based meta-analysis of 42 fMRI studies on visual vWM in healthy subjects (
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