Order information in working memory: an integrative review of evidence from brain and behavior.
Evidence about memory for order information comes from a number of different methodologies: human cognition, patient studies, neuroimaging studies, and animal lesion and behavioral studies. The present article discusses (a) evidence that order and item memory are separable; (b) proposed mechanisms for order memory (interitem associations, direct codes, hierarchical codes, feature codes, and magnitude codes) and evidence for each; (c) evidence for the neural substrates of order memory from patient, neuroimaging, and animal lesion and single-cell recording studies; (d) barriers to integration between the disciplines; and (e) suggestions for better coordination of efforts between the different disciplines.
Marshuetz
Christy
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Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8205, USA. christy.marshuetz@yale.edu
D000818:Animals; D001519:Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology*; D008570:Memory, Short-Term / Q000502:physiology; D008959:Models, Neurological; D017397:Prefrontal Cortex / Q000502:physiology; D012107:Research Design; D012691:Serial Learning / Q000502:physiology