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People tend to underutilize their visual working memory (VWM) rather than maxing out its capabilities, according to a new study by Ben-Gurion University researchers. The research was published in ...

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In a new study published in Neuron titled, “Working memory readout varies with frontal theta rhythms,” researchers from the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at Massachusetts Institute of ...

BEER-SHEVA, Israel, June 4, 2024 – People tend to underutilize their visual working memory (VWM) rather than maxing out its capabilities according to a new study by Ben-Gurion University researchers.