ISSN 1671-3710
CN 11-4766/R
主办:中国科学院心理研究所
出版:科学出版社

›› 2005, Vol. 13 ›› Issue (4): 428-434.

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Studies of Event-related Potentials on Human Working Memory

Li Xuebing,Luo Yuejia   

  1. Key laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
  • Received:2005-03-09 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2005-07-15 Published:2005-07-15

Abstract: Working memory as one of the most important cognition processes has been always attracting a nice bit of interest in cognitive neuroscience field. Researchers used ERP technique to examine the temporal course and scalp activity area of storage, rehearsal and central executive processing in working memory. A number of ERP studies indicated that the slow cortical potentials are specific to the kind and amount of information retained in the working memory, and the positive difference wave (Pd) is related to the updating function of the central executive. Overall these results validate and reinforce Baddeley’s working memory model.

Key words: working memory, event-related potentials, storage, rehearsal, central executive

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