The neuroscience of working memory capacity and training

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Increased prefrontal and parietal activity after training of working memory

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Synaptic theory of working memory

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Categorical Representation of Visual Stimuli in the Primate Prefrontal Cortex

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Single neurons in prefrontal cortex encode abstract rules

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Synaptic reverberation underlying mnemonic persistent activity

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For Whom the Mind Wanders, and When: An Experience-Sampling Study of Working Memory and Executive Control in Daily Life

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Transient and sustained activity in a distributed neural system for human working memory

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Transfer of Learning After Updating Training Mediated by the Striatum

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Working memory and neural oscillations: alpha–gamma versus theta–gamma codes for distinct WM information?

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The Prefrontal Cortex: Response Selection or Maintenance Within Working Memory?

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Prefrontal cortical unit activity and delayed alternation performance in monkeys.

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Dynamic Coding for Cognitive Control in Prefrontal Cortex

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Neurocomputational models of working memory

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The frontal granular cortex and behavior

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Increased Brain Activity in Frontal and Parietal Cortex Underlies the Development of Visuospatial Working Memory Capacity during Childhood

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Mapping of Contralateral Space in Retinotopic Coordinates by a Parietal Cortical Area in Humans

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Working memory in primate sensory systems

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Cognitive Training for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Meta-Analysis of Clinical and Neuropsychological Outcomes From Randomized Controlled Trials

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Dopamine-Mediated Stabilization of Delay-Period Activity in a Network Model of Prefrontal Cortex

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Neuronal synchrony reveals working memory networks and predicts individual memory capacity

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Neurophysiology of the BOLD fMRI Signal in Awake Monkeys

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Phase-dependent neuronal coding of objects in short-term memory

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Topographic maps in human frontal and parietal cortex

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Changes in cortical dopamine D1 receptor binding associated with cognitive training

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A Meta-analysis of Executive Components of Working Memory

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Dynamics of Oligodendrocyte Generation and Myelination in the Human Brain

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Training of Working Memory Impacts Structural Connectivity

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Neuronal basis of age-related working memory decline

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Aging white matter and cognition: Differential effects of regional variations in diffusion properties on memory, executive functions, and speed

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Neurocognitive development of the ability to manipulate information in working memory

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Working-memory training in younger and older adults: training gains, transfer, and maintenance

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Bump attractor dynamics in prefrontal cortex explains behavioral precision in spatial working memory

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Synchronous Oscillatory Neural Ensembles for Rules in the Prefrontal Cortex

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Content-Specific Fronto-Parietal Synchronization During Visual Working Memory

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Parietal and Frontal Cortex Encode Stimulus-Specific Mnemonic Representations during Visual Working Memory

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Mechanism for top-down control of working memory capacity

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Training the Emotional Brain: Improving Affective Control through Emotional Working Memory Training

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Distributed patterns of activity in sensory cortex reflect the precision of multiple items maintained in visual short-term memory

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Neural substrates of cognitive capacity limitations

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Does Working Memory Training Transfer? A Meta-Analysis Including Training Conditions as Moderators

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Maintenance of Spatial and Motor Codes during Oculomotor Delayed Response Tasks

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Effects of Visual Experience on the Representation of Objects in the Prefrontal Cortex

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Computerized Cognitive Training Restores Neural Activity within the Reality Monitoring Network in Schizophrenia

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Working memory assessments at school entry as longitudinal predictors of National Curriculum attainment levels

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Brain Basis of Developmental Change in Visuospatial Working Memory

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A Cortical Substrate for Memory-Guided Orienting in the Rat

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Role of Prefrontal Persistent Activity in Working Memory

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Sharp emergence of feature-selective sustained activity along the dorsal visual pathway

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The sensory nature of mnemonic representation in the primate prefrontal cortex

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Effects of working-memory training on striatal dopamine release

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Common neural mechanisms supporting spatial working memory, attention and motor intention

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Neural mechanisms of dual-task interference and cognitive capacity limitation in the prefrontal cortex

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Coding Specificity in Cortical Microcircuits: A Multiple-Electrode Analysis of Primate Prefrontal Cortex

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Functional Brain Network Modularity Captures Inter- and Intra-Individual Variation in Working Memory Capacity

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A Neural Circuit Basis for Spatial Working Memory

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The Role of Fronto-Parietal and Fronto-Striatal Networks in the Development of Working Memory: A Longitudinal Study

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Prioritized Maps of Space in Human Frontoparietal Cortex

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Reconstructions of Information in Visual Spatial Working Memory Degrade with Memory Load

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Theta and Gamma Power Increases and Alpha/Beta Power Decreases with Memory Load in an Attractor Network Model

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The primate working memory networks

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Functional brain connectivity at rest changes after working memory training

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White Matter Microstructure in Superior Longitudinal Fasciculus Associated with Spatial Working Memory Performance in Children

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Plasticity of cortical activation related to working memory during training

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Will Working Memory Training Generalize to Improve Off-Task Behavior in Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder?

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Computerized Cognitive Training for Amelioration of Cognitive Late Effects Among Childhood Cancer Survivors: A Randomized Controlled Trial

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Effects of working memory training on functional connectivity and cerebral blood flow during rest

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Strengthened effective connectivity underlies transfer of working memory training to tests of short-term memory and attention

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Structural Maturation and Brain Activity Predict Future Working Memory Capacity during Childhood Development

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Intensive cognitive training in schizophrenia enhances working memory and associated prefrontal cortical efficiency in a manner that drives long-term functional gains

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Long-term far-transfer effects of working memory training in children with ADHD: a randomized controlled trial

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Transcranial direct current stimulation enhances verbal working memory training performance over time and near transfer outcomes.

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A cognitive training intervention increases resting cerebral blood flow in healthy older adults

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