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active maintenance CONCEPT
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The maintenance of information in working memory through active (volitional) rather than passive means

Definition contributed by Anonymous

Asserted relationships to other concepts

active maintenance
is a kind of
  • working memory maintenance
    • active maintenance
    is a part of
  • working memory
    • are a kind of
    active maintenance
    No associations
    are a part of
    active maintenance
    No associations

    Tasks that are asserted to measure active maintenance

    Task Contrast Measure
    Sternberg Item Recognition Task
    • percent correct
    n-back task
    • 3-back minus 1-back
    recitation/repetition (overt)
    • areas of activation during task minus baseline
    recitation/repetition (covert)
    • areas of activation during task minus baseline
    delayed match to sample task
    • reaction time to correct stimuli

    Term BIBLIOGRAPHY

    D1 dopamine receptors in prefrontal cortex: involvement in working memory.
    Sawaguchi T, Goldman-Rakic PS
    (Science)
    1991 Feb 22