Shared mechanisms underlie the control of working memory and attention | Nature
The prefrontal cortex in monkeys controls working memory in a similar way to attention, by selectively transforming the representations of remembered items.
Data availability Data supporting all figures are included with the manuscript. Raw electrophysiological and behavioural data are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request. Source data are provided with this paper. Code availability Behavioural code and custom Matlab analysis functions are publicly available at https://github.com/buschman-lab/. All other code is available from the authors upon reasonable request. References Miller, E. K. & Cohen, J. D. An integrative theory of prefrontal cortex function. Annu. Rev. Neurosci. 24, 167–202 (2001). Article CAS Google…
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