Julia K Choate, Kate M Denton, Roger G Evans, Yvonne Hodgson
Using stimulation of the diving reflex in humans to teach integrative physiology
Advances in physiology education
recent research suggests working memory wm mental sketchpad underlying thinking communication maintained multiple regions throughout brain whether parts stable wm representation could distributed across brain regions however open question addressed question examining contentspecificity connectivitypattern matrices subparts cortical regionsofinterest roi connectivity patterns calculated functional mri obtained ripplesound auditory wm task statistical significance assessed comparing decoding results null distribution derived permutation test considering comparable two fourroi connectivity patterns maintained wm items could decoded connectivity patterns across rois frontal parietal superior temporal cortices functional connectivity patterns specific maintained sound content extended early auditory frontoparietal cortices results demonstrate wm maintenance supported contentspecific patterns functional connectivity across different levels cortical hierarchy