Driving Working Memory

Timothy D Griffiths; Sukhbinder Kumar

doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2017.03.031

Driving Working Memory

Neuron. 2017 Apr 5;94(1):5-6. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2017.03.031.

Authors

Timothy D Griffiths¹, Sukhbinder Kumar²

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, UK; Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, UCL, London WC1N 3BG, UK. Electronic address: tim.griffiths@newcastle.ac.uk.
² Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, UK; Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, UCL, London WC1N 3BG, UK.

PMID: 28384475
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2017.03.031

Abstract

In this issue of Neuron, Albouy et al. (2017) examine the effect of TMS on oscillations in the brain during the manipulation of sounds in working memory. Low-frequency TMS to left parietal cortex increases low-frequency oscillations and improves behavior.

MeSH terms

Humans
Memory
Memory, Short-Term*
Parietal Lobe*