Priority Switches in Visual Working Memory are Supported by Frontal Delta and Posterior Alpha Interactions

By Ingmar E. J. de Vries, Joram van Driel, Merve Karacaoglu, Christian N. L. Olivers. 2018

Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

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Causal Evidence for a Role of Theta and Alpha Oscillations in the Control of Working Memory (2020, background): “Theta oscillations are observed in the prefrontal cortex during a variety of tasks that require top-down control signals [40–45], including tasks that require controlling the priority of WM representations [3, 12].”
Multiplexed Levels of Cognitive Control through Delta and Theta Neural Oscillations (2024, unknown): “…range ( ∼ 1 – 5 Hz), and appear to be located more dorsolaterally compared with the frontal-midline theta (Formica, González-García, Senoussi, & Brass, 2021; Riddle, Vogelsang, Hwang, Cellier, & D ’ Esposito, 2020; de Vries, van Driel, Karacaoglu, & Olivers, 2018; Szczepanski et al., 2014).”
Theta-Phase Connectivity between Medial Prefrontal and Posterior Areas Underlies Novel Instructions Implementation (2022, result): “Sample size was not computed a-priori, but chosen to replicate the results of a previous study with a similar paradigm (Formica et al., 2021) and in line with the literature on similar constructs (Schneider et al., 2017; de Vries et al., 2018; van Ede et al., 2019).”
Human Beta Oscillations Reflect Magnitude and Fidelity of Priority Shifts in Working Memory (2026, unknown): “We used the FieldTrip function ft_scalpcurrent-density [using default conductivity (0.33) and lambda (10 − 5 ) values and a degree of 10 as in de Vries et al. (2018)].”
EEG Spectral Analysis in Chronic Pain During Rest and Cognitive Reasoning (2025, unknown): “A possible mechanism at play may involve the cross-frequency coupling between frontal low-frequency activity (delta–theta) and posterior alpha “gating” activity, facilitating top–down goal-dependent prioritization of information processing within visual WM [74].”
Neural signatures of prioritization and facilitation in retrieving repeated items in visual working memory (2025, unknown): “The synchronization of the theta band is visible in the range of 4–7 Hz around the temporal window of 100–500 msec.”
EEG Correlates of Cognitive Dynamics in Task Resumption After Interruptions: The Impact of Available Time and Flexibility (2024, unknown): “…previous studies that showed reduced theta and weaker alpha suppression to the retro-cue following interruptions, linking these oscillatory measures to the focusing of attention on the level of working memory (Rösner, Zickerick, et al. 2022; Schneider et al. 2017, for review: De Vries et al. 2018).”
The association between working memory precision and the nonlinear dynamics of frontal and parieto-occipital EEG activity (2022, methodology): “In contrast, the higher AMF components reflected within-trial target select processes 24 .”
How to refocus attention on working memory representations following interruptions—Evidence from frontal theta and posterior alpha oscillations (2021, background): “…interprets the increase in theta power and decrease in alpha power after a retrocue as a correlate of the selection process, as in previous studies (de Vries et al., 2018; Schneider et al., 2017), one can assume a lower theta power and higher alpha power following the interruptions, compared with…”
Frontal theta and posterior alpha oscillations reflect the reactivation of working memory representations following interruptions (2020, background): “…we further focused on frontal theta (4-7 Hz) and posterior alpha oscillations (8-14 Hz), as both oscillatory parameters have been related to the re-allocation of the focus of attention in working memory (e.g., de Vries et al., 2018; Riddle et al., 2020; Rösner et al., 2020; Schneider et al., 2019).”