A theory of working memory without consciousness or sustained activity

Working memory and conscious perception are thought to share similar brain mechanisms, yet recent reports of non-conscious working memory challenge this view. Combining visual masking with magnetoencephalography, we investigate the reality of non-conscious working memory and dissect its neural mecha...

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Main Authors: Darinka Trübutschek, Sébastien Marti, Andrés Ojeda, Jean-Rémi King, Yuanyuan Mi, Misha Tsodyks, Stanislas Dehaene
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2017-07-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/23871