Attention Modulates Maintenance of Representations in Visual Short-term Memory
Kuo B, Stokes M, Nobre A. Attention Modulates Maintenance of Representations in Visual Short-term Memory. Journal Of Cognitive Neuroscience 2012, 24: 51-60. PMID: 21736457, PMCID: PMC3480577, DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00087.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVisual short-term memoryContralateral delay activityTask-relevant itemsShort-term memoryVSTM representationsVisual short-term memory performanceVisual short-term memory maintenanceTop-down attentional biasesMaintenance of representationsModulation of neural activityTask-relevant informationRetrospective cuesAttentional biasMaintenance periodMemory itemsOrienting attentionMemory loadMemory delayBehavioral benefitsBehavioral goalsNeural activityRetrocueMultiple itemsDelayed activationMemory