Synergistic Short-Term Synaptic Plasticity Mechanisms for Working Memory

by Clinical Neuropsychologist Online | Saturday, August 1, 2026 | Cognitive Neuropsychology

AbstractWorking memory (WM) is essential for almost every cognitive task. The neural and synaptic mechanisms supporting the rapid encoding and maintenance of memories in diverse tasks are the subject of an ongoing debate. The traditional view of WM as stationary...

Neural Correlates of Local and Global Prediction Errors Show Similar Linear Age-related Decline But Differential Associations with Working Memory

by Clinical Neuropsychologist Online | Saturday, August 1, 2026 | Cognitive Neuropsychology

AbstractSenescence is accompanied by decreased weighting of sensory inputs and increased reliance on predictions, resulting in the attenuation of prediction errors in older age. However, little is known about how the attenuation develops across adulthood. To delineate...

Neural Basis of Action Simulation in Architectural Perception: A Multi-voxel Pattern Analysis Study

by Clinical Neuropsychologist Online | Wednesday, July 1, 2026 | Cognitive Neuropsychology

AbstractA growing body of neuroscience evidence indicates that perceiving everyday objects and environments triggers mental simulations of potential actions, preparing the brain for movement even before any motion occurs. Although previous research on navigation has...

Content-Independent Pointers Mediate Working Memory Storage for Both Visual and Verbal Stimuli

by Clinical Neuropsychologist Online | Wednesday, July 1, 2026 | Cognitive Neuropsychology

AbstractProminent models of working memory (WM) have long argued that visual and verbal WM rely on distinct storage buffers. Although this claim has been bolstered by both behavioral and neural studies that reveal important differences between visual and verbal...

Neural Signatures of Flexible Temporal Orienting under Spatial and Motor Uncertainty

by Clinical Neuropsychologist Online | Wednesday, July 1, 2026 | Cognitive Neuropsychology

AbstractThe goal-dependent use of temporal expectations enhances visual performance, even without concurrent spatial or motor predictions, yet the underlying neural mechanisms remain unclear. To identify the stages of stimulus processing influenced by temporal...

Visual Simulation Is Supported by Sequential Monitoring in the Lateral Prefrontal Cortex

by Clinical Neuropsychologist Online | Wednesday, July 1, 2026 | Cognitive Neuropsychology

AbstractVisual simulation—a process that allows us to create complex internal models of the world—is essential for the completion of daily tasks, such as our morning commute. We can mentally track our progress along the route and make adjustments on the fly, all...