A group of adult subjects solved a working memory (WM) task involving delayed copying (drawing) of a polyline, presented either statically in the form of a picture or dynamically by showing a cursor moving along an invisible contour of the line. The combined effects of the trajectory presentation mode (static, dynamic) and the duration of retention of the representation in WM (the length of the delay in the go signal) on the potentials (ERP) associated with the presentation of the sound signal were studied. Five long-latency cortical ERP components were analyzed: N100, P200, P250, P300, and N400. N100 amplitude was shown to be statistically signifi cantly greater on static presentation of the broken line than on dynamic presentation but to be independent of delay duration. The amplitudes of the remaining components, conversely, depended on the magnitude of the delay but not on the presentation mode and were greater with longer delays. The discussion addresses the possibilities that (1) higher N100 amplitudes on static presentation of the broken line than during dynamic presentation are due to the additional involvement of top-down control at the relatively early stages of extracting information from WM and/or (2) that retention of the representation of the broken line in different visual sensory-specific zones is involved in WM depending on the presentation mode, different groups of auditory cortex neurons being involved in the activation of these zones in response to the auditory go signal. It is suggested that the dependence of the amplitude of the P200, P250, P300 and N400 components on the retention time of the representation of the polyline in WM is associated with the transformation of this representation from a sensory-specific format to an abstract format, as well as with preparation for subsequent motor reproduction.
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Translated from Zhurnal Vysshei Nervnoi Deyatel’nosti imeni I. P. Pavlova, Vol. 72, No. 3, pp. 387–404, May–June, 2022.
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Kurgansky, A.V., Lomakin, D.I., Korneev, A.A. et al. Cerebral Organization of Working Memory in Delayed Copying of Broken Lines: Analysis of Potentials Associated with the Go Signal. Neurosci Behav Physi 52, 1448–1460 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11055-023-01376-x
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