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Neural circuits of visuospatial working memory
One elementary brain function that underlies many of our cognitive behaviors is the ability to maintain parametric information briefly in mind, in the time scale of seconds, to span delays between sensory information and actions. This component of working memory is fragile and quickly degrades with delay length. Under the assumption that behavioral delay-dependencies mark core functions of the working memory system, our goal is to find a neural circuit model that represents their neural mechanisms and apply it to research on working memory deficits in neuropsychiatric disorders. We have constrained computational models of spatial working memory with delay-dependent behavioral effects and with neural recordings in the prefrontal cortex during visuospatial working memory. I will show that a simple bump attractor model with weak inhomogeneities and short-term plasticity mechanisms can link neural data with fine-grained behavioral output in a trial-by-trial basis and account for the main delay-dependent limitations of working memory: precision, cardinal repulsion biases and serial dependence. I will finally present data from participants with neuropsychiatric disorders that suggest that serial dependence in working memory is specifically altered, and I will use the model to infer the possible neural mechanisms affected.
IMPACT OF AGE-RELATED PERTURBATIONS ON A BUMP ATTRACTOR MODEL OF WORKING MEMORY
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