Holding multiple items in short term memory: a neural mechanism.

Human short term memory has a capacity of several items maintained simultaneously. We show how the number of short term memory representations that an attractor network modeling a cortical local network can simultaneously maintain active is increased by using synaptic facilitation of the type found...

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Main Authors: Edmund T Rolls, Laura Dempere-Marco, Gustavo Deco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23613789/pdf/?tool=EBI