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Trial reporteNeuro2024

Frontoparietal Brain Network Plays a Crucial Role in Working Memory Capacity during Complex Cognitive Task.

Nikita Otstavnov, Carlos Nieto-Doval, Giulia Galli, Matteo Feurra

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in eNeuro, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Nikita OtstavnovCentre for Cognition and Decision making, Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience, Higher School of Economics University, Moscow 101000, Russia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9818-4642
Carlos Nieto-DovalCentre for Cognition and Decision making, Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience, Higher School of Economics University, Moscow 101000, Russia.
Giulia GalliDepartment of Psychology, Kingston University, London KT1 2EE, United Kingdom.
Matteo FeurraCentre for Cognition and Decision making, Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience, Higher School of Economics University, Moscow 101000, Russia matfeu@gmail.com.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0934-6764

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent neurophysiological studies provide inconsistent results of frontoparietal network (FPN) stimulation for altering working memory (WM) capacity. This study aimed to boost WM capacity by manipulating the activity of the FPN via dual-site high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation. Forty-eight participants were randomly assigned to three stimulation groups, receiving either simultaneous anodal stimulation of the frontal and parietal areas (double stimulation), or stimulation of the frontal area only (single stimulation), or the placebo stimulation (sham) to frontal and parietal areas. After the stimulation, we used an operation span task to test memory accuracy, mathematical accuracy, time of calculation and memorizing, and recall response time across the three groups. The results revealed an enhancement of memory accuracy and a reduction of time of calculation in the double stimulation group compared with that in others. In addition, recall response time was significantly decreased in the double and single stimulation groups compared with that in sham. No differences in mathematical accuracy were observed. Our results confirm the pivotal role of the FPN in WM and suggest its functional dissociation, with the frontal component more implicated in the retrieval stage and the parietal component in the processing and retention stages.

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Frontal LobeMemory, Short-TermParietal LobeTranscranial Direct Current StimulationAdultCognitionFemaleHumansMaleMental RecallNeuropsychological TestsReaction TimeYoung Adultfrontoparietal networkhigh-definition transcranial direct current stimulationoperation span taskworking memoryworking memory capacity

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PMID39029954
PMCPMC11315429

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