Slow Oscillations Modulate Overnight Brain Changes in Working Memory Function

by Clinical Neuropsychologist Online | Sunday, November 1, 2026 | Cognitive Neuropsychology

AbstractWorking memory (WM), the transient storage and manipulation of information, is a cognitive function that can improve with training. Accumulating evidence suggests that sleep, particularly slow oscillations (SOs) that occur during nonrapid eye movement sleep,...

Exploring Neural Mechanisms Underlying Error-related Impairments in Active Working Memory Suggests an Adaptive Shielding of Contents during Cognitive Control

by Clinical Neuropsychologist Online | Sunday, November 1, 2026 | Cognitive Neuropsychology

AbstractGoal-directed behavior relies on cognitive flexibility—the ability to rapidly adapt ongoing thoughts and behaviors while preserving task-relevant information. The performance monitoring system optimizes such behavior by detecting and evaluating errors, whereas...

Transformer Mechanisms Mimic Frontostriatal Gating Operations When Trained on Human Working Memory Tasks

by Clinical Neuropsychologist Online | Sunday, November 1, 2026 | Cognitive Neuropsychology

AbstractWorking memory (WM) is thought to rely on sophisticated frontostriatal mechanisms for selective gating, supporting updating and readout of information to and from distinct memory “addresses” (neural populations). According to computational models, capacity...

Neural Distinctions between Social and Nonsocial Reward Anticipation: An Examination of Activation Magnitude, Representational Patterns, Individual Differences, and Functional Connectivity

by Clinical Neuropsychologist Online | Sunday, November 1, 2026 | Cognitive Neuropsychology

AbstractPrevailing theories emphasize a “common neural currency” for social and nonsocial rewards, particularly during reward anticipation. However, direct comparisons of social and nonsocial reward anticipation remain limited, and clinical observations suggest that...

Intracranial Evidence for the Cerebellum’s Role in Semantic Processing

by Clinical Neuropsychologist Online | Sunday, November 1, 2026 | Cognitive Neuropsychology

AbstractLanguage impairments in patients with cerebellar damage or dysfunction strongly implicate the cerebellum in language processing but the nature, timing, and specificity of its contributions are unclear. A clinical trial of cerebellar stimulation for motor...

Memory Traces Reflect How They Were Last Accessed

by Clinical Neuropsychologist Online | Sunday, November 1, 2026 | Cognitive Neuropsychology

AbstractEpisodic memories are known to change with each act of retrieval. We hypothesize that accessing semantic knowledge in different ways during episodic retrieval—from unique perceptual features to taxonomic and thematic context—shapes how those memories are...