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Activation of long-term memory by alpha oscillations in a working-memory task?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2003

Wolfgang Klimesch  and
Bärbel Schack
Wolfgang Klimesch*
Affiliation:
Department of Physiological Psychology, Institute of Psychology, University of Salzburg, 5020 Salzburg, Austria http://www.sbg.ac.at/psy/people/klimesch.htm
Bärbel Schack*
Affiliation:
Institute of Medical Statistics, Computer Sciences, and Documentation, Medical Faculty of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07740 Jena, Germany
*
Wolfgang.Klimesch@sbg.ac.at
schack@imsid.uni-jena.de
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Abstract:

We focus on the functional specificity of theta and alpha oscillations and show that theta is related to working memory, whereas alpha is related to semantic long-term memory. Recent studies, however, indicate that alpha oscillations also play an important role during short-term memory retention and retrieval. This latter finding provides support for the basic hypothesis suggested by Ruchkin et al.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 26 , Issue 6 , December 2003 , pp. 743
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004

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