The comparative study of working memory.

Roberts, William A.; Santi, Angelo

doi:10.1037/0000012-010

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“…Context and the retrieval of information from different memory systems Two memory systems common to humans and animals are working memory and reference memory (Roberts & Santi, 2017). Working memory refers to retention of information acquired in a single experience and retained for a relatively short period of time.…”

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The role of context in animal memory

Roberts

2019

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Past research has shown that testing memory in the same context in which the memory was encoded leads to improved retention relative to testing memory in a new context. Context-dependent memory is directly related to the extent to which the encoding context can be reproduced. An experiment with pigeons is reported in which the context was a colored house-light that completely enveloped the learning and testing contexts. Under this condition, perfect retention of a visual discrimination that reversed at midsession was shown. Beyond reactivation of memory, new research with pigeons suggests that context provides access to different working and reference memory systems. Finally, experiments are reported that suggest context may selectively access information about features from the different dimensions of place, color, and time.

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The role of context in animal memory

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2019

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“…Early research, dating back at least to the 1910s, focused on motor inhibition and delayed responding in animals. Whereas motor inhibition requires suppressing irrelevant motor behaviors in favor of relevant ones (or none at all) and moving around obstacles separating the individual from a given goal [6][7][8], delayed responding requires holding information in working memory and acting upon it after some delay [9][10][11]. This early research by Thorndike [7], Köhler [6], and Hunter [10] involved fish, bird, and mammal species, whose behavior was tested in purely observational set-ups.…”

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Executive Functions in Birds

Bobrowicz¹,

Greiff²

2022

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Executive functions comprise top-down cognitive processes that exert control over information processing, from acquiring information to issuing a behavioural response. These cognitive processes of inhibition, working memory and shifting underpin complex cognitive skills, such as episodic memory and planning, which have been repeatedly investigated in several bird species in recent decades. Until recently, avian executive functions were studied in relatively few bird species, but have gained traction in comparative cognitive research following MacLean and colleagues’ large-scale study (2014). Therefore, in this review paper, relevant previous findings are collected and organized to facilitate further investigations of these core cognitive processes in birds. This review can assist in integrating findings from avian and mammalian cognitive research and further current understanding of executive functions’ significance and evolution.

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“…However, this similarity does not necessarily entail that WM operates in the same way across species. In fact, there are pronounced between-species differences in WM, particularly in the apparent capacity of the WM store and the rate at which information is forgotten during a retention interval (Carruthers, 2013; Lind et al, 2015; Roberts & Santi, 2017). From a translational perspective, this raises a critical question: are the neurocognitive processes that underlie WM in a given species sufficiently similar to the processes underlying human WM to use that species as a model system?…”

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Mouse behaviour on the trial-unique non-matching-to-location (TUNL) touchscreen task reflects a mixture of distinct working memory codes and response biases

Bennett¹,

Nakamura²,

Vinnakota³

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The trial-unique non-matching to location (TUNL) touchscreen task shows promise as a translational assay of working memory deficits in disorders including autism, ADHD, and schizophrenia. Although it is commonly assumed that the TUNL task predominantly measures spatial working memory in rodents, this proposition has not previously been tested. In this project, we used computational modelling of behaviour from mice performing the TUNL task (total N = 163 mice across three datasets; 158,843 total trials). Contrary to common assumptions, behaviour on the TUNL task did not exclusively reflect spatial working memory. Instead, choice behaviour was explained as a mixture of both retrospective (spatial) working memory and prospective working memory for an intended behavioural response, as well as animal-specific response biases. We suggest that these findings can be understood within a resource-rational cognitive framework, and propose several task-design principles that we predict will maximise spatial working memory and minimise alternative behavioural strategies.

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The comparative study of working memory.

Cited by 7 publications

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The role of context in animal memory

The role of context in animal memory

Executive Functions in Birds

Mouse behaviour on the trial-unique non-matching-to-location (TUNL) touchscreen task reflects a mixture of distinct working memory codes and response biases

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