The brain creates specific and distinct spaces within the cortex for each general rule of working memory and controls these spaces with brain rhythms, researchers report.
Researchers identified two FDA-approved drugs that can mitigate or even eliminate the brain fog associated with COVID-19 infection.
Working memory stores different types of information in flexible codes which provide optimal outcomes for all possible courses of action.
Low-to-moderate stress may be beneficial for your brain function, especially when it comes to working memory. However, when stress levels rise above moderate levels, they can become toxic.
Researchers demonstrate how visual working memory is maintained across interconnected brain regions in mice.
Latinos aged 55 and older who participated in Latin dance classes for eight months showed significant improvement in working memory over their peers who did not partake in Latin dance.
Children who attend school close to busy roads and traffic are more likely to experience deficits in working memory and attention, a new study reports.
A young child's counting skills are the single biggest predictor of their ability to participate in fair sharing behaviors. Prompting children to count improves their pro-social sharing behaviors, researchers say.
Musical training influences visual working memory, researchers discovered. The study found regions of the brain may share a common component that influences both visual and musical working memory.
Researchers have identified how working memory is formatted, revealing visual memory can be flexible.
Electric fields may represent information held in working memory, allowing the brain to overcome representational drift.
Pooled data reveals shift workers perform worse on tasks associated with attention, working memory, and information processing than non-shift workers.
