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PERSPECTIVE article

Front. Hum. Neurosci.
Sec. Cognitive Neuroscience
Volume 18 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2024.1504783
This article is part of the Research Topic Synthesizing Memory: Integrating Across Fields and Levels of Scale View all articles

Advancing Working Memory Research Through Cortico-Cortical Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

Provisionally accepted
Phivos Phylactou Phivos Phylactou 1,2*Nikos Konstantinou Nikos Konstantinou 3Edward F Ester Edward F Ester 4
  • 1 Western University, London, Canada
  • 2 The Gray Centre for Mobility and Activity, London, ON, Canada
  • 3 Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Limassol, Cyprus
  • 4 University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada, United States

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    The neural underpinnings of working memory (WM) have been of continuous scientific interest for decades. As the understanding of WM progresses and new theories, such as the distributed view of WM, develop, the need to advance the methods used to study WM also arises. This perspective discusses how building from the state-of-the-art in the field of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), and utilising cortico-cortical TMS, may pave the way for testing some of the predictions proposed by the distributed WM view. Further, after briefly discussing current barriers that need to be overcome for implementing cortico-cortical TMS for WM research, examples of how cortico-cortical TMS may be employed in the context of WM research are provided, guided by the ongoing debate on the sensory recruitment framework.

    Keywords: working memory, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, ccPAS, Paired associative stimulation, cortico-cortical, Sensory recruitment

    Received: 01 Oct 2024; Accepted: 25 Nov 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Phylactou, Konstantinou and Ester. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Phivos Phylactou, Western University, London, Canada

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