Human eeg theta activity and the control of working memory traces

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Event Abstract Back to Event Human eeg theta activity and the control of working memory traces Paul Sauseng1*, Birgit Griesmayr2 and Elisa Holz2 1 Department of Psychology, University of Surrey, United Kingdom 2 Department of Psychology, University of Salzburg, Austria Human EEG theta activity has been credited with integration of distributed brain activity during various working memory processes. In particular oscillatory brain activity at theta frequency occurring over frontal-midline recording sites has been associated with working memory functions frequently. Here evidence will be provided showing theta frequency to play a major role in establishing interaction between local and long-range brain circuits. It shall be demonstrated that (i) local interaction between theta and gamma phase can be considered as neural correlates of integrated multiple item working memory traces, and that (ii) phase-coupling between frontal-midline theta and centro-posterior gamma activity seems to reflect flexible re-ordering and binding of multiple items in working memory. The specifity of these findings and their contribution to knowledge about interindividual differences of working memory capacity will be discussed. Keywords: EEG, theta activity Conference: XI International Conference on Cognitive Neuroscience (ICON XI), Palma, Mallorca, Spain, 25 Sep - 29 Sep, 2011. Presentation Type: Symposium: Oral Presentation Topic: Symposium 13: Functional significance of human prefrontal theta oscillations during cognitive control and learning Citation: Sauseng P, Griesmayr B and Holz E (2011). Human eeg theta activity and the control of working memory traces. Conference Abstract: XI International Conference on Cognitive Neuroscience (ICON XI). doi: 10.3389/conf.fnhum.2011.207.00542 Copyright: The abstracts in this collection have not been subject to any Frontiers peer review or checks, and are not endorsed by Frontiers. They are made available through the Frontiers publishing platform as a service to conference organizers and presenters. The copyright in the individual abstracts is owned by the author of each abstract or his/her employer unless otherwise stated. Each abstract, as well as the collection of abstracts, are published under a Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 (attribution) licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) and may thus be reproduced, translated, adapted and be the subject of derivative works provided the authors and Frontiers are attributed. For Frontiers’ terms and conditions please see https://www.frontiersin.org/legal/terms-and-conditions. Received: 14 Nov 2011; Published Online: 28 Nov 2011. * Correspondence: Dr. Paul Sauseng, Department of Psychology, University of Surrey, Surrey, United Kingdom, paul.sauseng@lmu.de Login Required This action requires you to be registered with Frontiers and logged in. To register or login click here. Abstract Info Abstract The Authors in Frontiers Paul Sauseng Birgit Griesmayr Elisa Holz Google Paul Sauseng Birgit Griesmayr Elisa Holz Google Scholar Paul Sauseng Birgit Griesmayr Elisa Holz PubMed Paul Sauseng Birgit Griesmayr Elisa Holz Related Article in Frontiers Google Scholar PubMed Abstract Close Back to top Javascript is disabled. Please enable Javascript in your browser settings in order to see all the content on this page.