Nature Communications (Sep 2019)

Dynamic regulation of interregional cortical communication by slow brain oscillations during working memory

  • B. Berger,
  • B. Griesmayr,
  • T. Minarik,
  • A. L. Biel,
  • D. Pinal,
  • A. Sterr,
  • P. Sauseng

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12057-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Working memory involves a fronto-parietal brain network, but how the parts of this network are coordinated is unclear. Here, the authors show that fast brain activity at posterior sites is nested into prefrontal slow brain waves, with cognitive demand determining the slow wave phase involved.