Common neural substrates of behavioral selection and working memory:
  evidence from functional MRI

Experimental Rationale

Spatial Working Memory Task

Prior relevant studies

Spatial Working Memory Study

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Oddball Detection Task

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Emotional Distractor Task
Middle Frontal Gyrus (anterior)

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Experimental Hypothesis

Does fMRI activity in dlPFC differ between stimuli that must be remembered compared to stimuli that demand an immediate response?

Task Design

Behavioral Data

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Does subjects’ behavior track contextual uncertainty?

Uncertainty-Dependent Activity

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Uncertainty-Independent Activity

Task-related Decreases

Reward Uncertainty

Summary

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Collaborators

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