Nature Communications (Jan 2018)

Gamma and beta bursts during working memory readout suggest roles in its volitional control

  • Mikael Lundqvist,
  • Pawel Herman,
  • Melissa R. Warden,
  • Scott L. Brincat,
  • Earl K. Miller

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02791-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Previously, the authors have shown that working memory can be maintained by brief gamma oscillation bursts. Here, the authors use a new task to further demonstrate the dynamics of gamma and beta oscillations in working memory readout, independent of behavioral response.