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Science 6 July 2001:
Vol. 293. no. 5527, pp. 120 - 124
DOI: 10.1126/science.1060496
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A Neural Correlate of Working Memory in the Monkey Primary Visual Cortex

Hans Supèr,12* Henk Spekreijse,1 Victor A. F. Lamme12

The brain frequently needs to store information for short periods. In vision, this means that the perceptual correlate of a stimulus has to be maintained temporally once the stimulus has been removed from the visual scene. However, it is not known how the visual system transfers sensory information into a memory component. Here, we identify a neural correlate of working memory in the monkey primary visual cortex (V1). We propose that this component may link sensory activity with memory activity.

1 Graduate School Neurosciences Amsterdam, Department of Visual System Analysis, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Post Office Box 12011, 1100 AA Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2 The Netherlands Ophthalmic Research Institute, Meibergdreef 49, 1105 BA Amsterdam, Netherlands.
*   To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: h.super{at}ioi.knaw.nl

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