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Cognit activation: a mechanism enabling temporal integration in working memory

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Fuster, Joaquín M., Bressler, Steven L.·2012·Trends in Cognitive Sciences

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Working memory is critical to the integration of information across time in goal-directed behavior, reasoning and language, yet its neural substrate is unknown. Based on recent research, we propose a mechanism by which the brain can retain working memory for prospective use, thereby bridging time in the perception/action cycle. The essence of the mechanism is the activation of 'cognits', which consist of distributed, overlapping and interactive cortical networks that in the aggregate encode the long-term memory of the subject. Working memory depends on the excitatory reentry between perceptual and executive cognits of posterior and frontal cortices, respectively. Given the pervasive role of working memory in the structuring of purposeful cognitive sequences, its mechanism looms essential to the foundation of behavior, reasoning and language.

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  • Each of the two putative emotional and non-emotional networks likely has a hierarchical perception-action organization, where the highest levels process more complex and temporally dispersed information.

    “It is likely that each of these two putative networks has a hierarchical perception-action organization (Fuster, 2000, 2004; Fuster and Bressler, 2012), where the highest levels process more complex and temporally dispersed information.”

    From Top-Down Dysregulation—From ADHD to Emotional Instability (2016) · cites this paper as Fuster and Bressler, 2012

    In “The Cognit” (page unavailable), the paper describes hierarchical perceptual and executive cognits, with more complex cognits in higher cortical areas. It also links high-level cognits to complex goals and working-memory integration across time. It does not establish that each of two emotional and non-emotional networks has this organization; those are not the two hierarchies it identifies. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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Authors
Fuster, J. M., & Bressler, S. L.
Affiliations
Florida Atlantic University (US)
Venue
Trends in Cognitive Sciences
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2012-04
Volume
16
Issue
4
Pages
207-218
ISSN
1364-6613 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2106517961
Cited by
139
References
91
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1.04
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Trends in Cognitive Sciences (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH072641)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Abilities and Testing
Keywords
working memory, temporal integration, cortical networks, long-term memory, perception-action cycle, goal-directed behavior
MeSH terms
Brain Mapping, Cerebral Cortex, Cognition, Humans, Memory, Short-Term, Models, Neurological, Neurons, Synapses

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