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Boston MA (SPX) Mar 31, 2023 - Routine tasks that require working memory, like baking, involve remembering both some general rules (e.g., read the oven temperature and time from the recipe and then set them on the oven) and some

The brain creates distinct spaces in the cortex for each general rule and controls those patches with brain rhythms, a concept called “spatial computing.” This explains how the brain can easily sustain a consistent understanding of a process even when the specific contents keep changing.

When holding information in mind, neural activity is more focused when and where there are bursts of gamma frequency rhythms, a new study by MIT neuroscientists shows.

Rhythmic bursts of activity in the prefrontal cortex reduce variability as an animal focuses on a task.