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ArticleiScience2023

Decision and response monitoring during working memory are sequentially represented in the human insula.

Anaïs Llorens, Ludovic Bellier, Alejandro O Blenkmann, Jugoslav Ivanovic, Pål G Larsson, Jack J Lin, Tor Endestad, Anne-Kristin Solbakk, Robert T Knight

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Article in iScience, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9 authors.

Anaïs LlorensHelen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Ludovic BellierHelen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Alejandro O BlenkmannDepartment of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Jugoslav IvanovicDepartment of Neurosurgery, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
Pål G LarssonDepartment of Neurosurgery, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
Jack J LinDepartment of Neurology and Center for Mind and Brain, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
Tor EndestadDepartment of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Anne-Kristin SolbakkDepartment of Neurosurgery, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
Robert T KnightHelen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.

Funding

Attention, Orientation and the Human Prefrontal CortexR01NS021135 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS · PI Robert Thomas Knight · 1985 to 2026
$6.5M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS021135
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Emerging research supports a role of the insula in human cognition. Here, we used intracranial EEG to investigate the spatiotemporal dynamics in the insula during a verbal working memory (vWM) task. We found robust effects for theta, beta, and high frequency activity (HFA) during probe presentation requiring a decision. Theta band activity showed differential involvement across left and right insulae while sequential HFA modulations were observed along the anteroposterior axis. HFA in anterior insula tracked decision making and subsequent HFA was observed in posterior insula after the behavioral response. Our results provide electrophysiological evidence of engagement of different insula subregions in both decision-making and response monitoring during vWM and expand our knowledge of the role of the insula in complex human behavior.

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PMID37674986
PMCPMC10477069

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