Frontal theta activity in humans increases with memory load in a working memory task

By Ole Jensen, C. Tesche. European Journal of Neuroscience, 2002

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Theta and Gamma Oscillations Predict Encoding and Retrieval of Declarative Memory (2006, background): “, 2005) and humans (Gevins et al., 1997; Sarnthein et al., 1998; Raghavachari et al., 2001; Tallon-Baudry et al., 2001; Jensen and Tesche, 2002; Howard et al., 2003; Kaiser and Lutzenberger, 2005).”
Brainstorm: A User-Friendly Application for MEG/EEG Analysis (2011, background): “Data can be analyzed as instantaneous measurements, or grouped into temporal and spectral bands of interest such as alpha (8–12Hz) [26, 49], theta (5–7Hz) [50–53], and so forth.”
Theta Lingua Franca: A Common Mid-Frontal Substrate for Action Monitoring Processes (2011, neutral): “, 1999 ) and EEG ( Gevins & Smith , 2000 ; Gevins , Smith , McEvoy , & Yu , 1997 ; Gevins , Smith , McEvoy , Leong , & Le , 1999 ; Jensen & Tesche , 2002 ; Onton et al .”
Gamma and beta bursts underlie working memory (2016, positive): “Non-stationarymemorydelay activity alsohasbeensuggested by observations that PFC activity and gamma oscillations show slow frequency modulation (Jensen and Tesche, 2002; Palva et al., 2005; Watrous et al., 2013; Axmacher et al., 2010).”
Synchronization of Neural Activity across Cortical Areas Correlates with Conscious Perception (2007, background): “Frontal theta oscillations have been assigned a role in the maintenance of short-term memories (Jensen and Tesche, 2002; Schack et al., 2005).”
Frontal Midline Theta Oscillations during Working Memory Maintenance and Episodic Encoding and Retrieval (2013, methodology): “This view is compatible with evidence implicating FMT in multi-item WM (Gevins et al., 1997; Jensen and Tesche, 2002),”
Oscillations in the alpha band (9-12 Hz) increase with memory load during retention in a short-term memory task. (2002, methodology): “Improved methods for identif ying sources of ongoing oscillatory activity might help to resolve this issue (Jensen and Vanni, 2002).”
EEG oscillations and recognition memory: Theta correlates of memory retrieval and decision making (2006, background): “For example, in recent memory studies, theta (4–8 Hz) oscillations correlated with memory load (Jensen and Tesche, 2002), task difficulty (Gevins et al.”
The Theta-Gamma Neural Code (2013, positive): “Several studies in humans have reported sustained theta band cortical activity during the delay period (Gevins et al., 1997; Jensen and Tesche, 2002; Raghavachari et al., 2001; Scheeringa et al., 2009), pointing to a role for theta in working memory.”