Control mechanisms in working memory: a possible function of EEG theta oscillations.

By Paul Sauseng, B. Griesmayr, R. Freunberger, Wolfgang Klimesch. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 2010

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EEG and MEG: relevance to neuroscience. (2013, neutral): “The functional significance of q rhythmic activities for memory processes is reviewed by Sauseng et al. (2010).”
Distributed theta networks support the control of working memory: Evidence from scalp and intracranial EEG (2025, unknown): “…(FMT; 4-8 Hz) activity is linked to executive control during maintenance and manipulation of information over short time scales (Cavanagh & Frank, 2014; Cavanagh & Shackman, 2015; Hsieh & Ranganath, 2014; Itthipuripat et al., 2013; Sauseng et al., 2010; Maurer et al., 2015; Mitchell et al., 2008).”
Rhythmicity Revisited: Evidence from Robust Behavioral Oscillations (2025, unknown): “This temporal segregation helps prevent overlap between competing representations 47,48 , while still supporting effective feature binding 49,50 .”
Monitoring pilot trainees’ cognitive control under a simulator-based training process with EEG microstate analysis (2024, unknown): “In the literature, increased theta power over frontal sites is considered a reliable indicator of working memory and cognitive control 27,68 , which could be associated with enhanced cognitive control during the encoding and retrieval of information from working memory 69,70 .”
The absence of one’s intimate partner promotes dyadic competition through enhanced interbrain synchronization between opponents (2024, background): “Brain activity in the Theta frequency band reflects an increased demand for specific cognitive functions such as situational memory recall and cognitive control (Babiloni et al., 2009; Sauseng et al., 2010).”
Theta-Phase Connectivity between Medial Prefrontal and Posterior Areas Underlies Novel Instructions Implementation (2022, background): “Furthermore, increased theta power over midfrontal scalp electrodes during implementation was interpreted as a marker of working memory (WM) manipulation (Onton et al., 2005; Itthipuripat et al., 2013) and top-down control over alternative task-sets (Miller and Cohen, 2001; Sauseng et al., 2010).”
The Functional Interactions between Cortical Regions through Theta-Gamma Coupling during Resting-State and a Visual Working Memory Task (2022, result): “This result was consistent with previous findings that these bands are involved in memory processes [34,94].”
Higher integration of the whole-brain resting state theta band network is associated with spatial working memory (2026, unknown): “In particular, theta oscillations have consistently been implicated in WM control (Riddle et al., 2020; Sauseng et al., 2010; Hsieh and Ranganath, 2014), while beta rhythms have been linked to motor and maintenance processes (Engel and Fries, 2010).”
Top-down selection of visual working memory contents is supported by alpha-band phase-synchronized oscillatory networks (2025, unknown): “In particular, θ - band oscillations are thought to reflect control mechanisms in WM ( Berger & Sauseng, 2022; Sauseng et al., 2010), which the delayed match- to-sample VWM task used in the present study did not involve.”
Neural signatures of prioritization and facilitation in retrieving repeated items in visual working memory (2025, unknown): “In line with this, previous studies have reported Theta power (4–7 Hz) oscillatory changes related to top-down control over items (Sauseng et al., 2010; Sauseng and Liesefeld, 2020).”
The Role of Fronto‐Central Theta Oscillations in Inter‐Sensory Selective Attention (2025, unknown): “…brain regions has been linked to cognitive processes (Cavanagh and Frank 2014; Cohen and Donner 2013; Cooper et al. 2019; Riddle et al. 2020; Sauseng et al. 2010; Zavala et al. 2018) and more specifically to attention processes serving cognitive control (Clayton et al. 2015; Cooper et al.…”