EEG and Memory: PSYC Call for Commentary

[Stevan Harnad]

PSYCOLOQUY Commentary is invited on:

     Wolfgang Klimesch on EEG & Memory

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are hereby invited to submit Open Peer Commentary on the target article
whose abstract appears below. It has been published in PSYCOLOQUY,
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TARGET ARTICLE AUTHOR'S RATIONALE FOR SOLICITING COMMENTARY:

    Memory processes can be described as brain oscillations and memory
    network models (such as the connectivity model (Klimesch, 1994))
    can easily be applied to the neuronal level if abstract activation
    values are interpreted in terms of frequency values reflecting
    oscillatory processes. I would be very interested in eliciting
    commentaries on (1) this basic rationale, (2) the statement that in
    the cortex oscillations are mandatory for information transmission,
    (3) the proposed role of EEG alpha and (4) EEG theta for memory
    processes.

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psycoloquy.95.6.06.memory-brain.1.klimesch
ISSN 1055-0143               (55 paragraphs, 75 references, 1279 lines)
PSYCOLOQUY is sponsored by the American Psychological Association (APA)
                Copyright 1995 Wolfgang Klimesch

                MEMORY PROCESSES DESCRIBED AS BRAIN OSCILLATIONS
                IN THE EEG-ALPHA AND THETA BANDS

                Wolfgang Klimesch
                University of Salzburg
                Department of Physiological Psychology
                Institute of Psychology, Hellbrunnerstr. 34
                A-5020 Salzburg, AUSTRIA
                Klimesch at edvz.sbg.ac.at

    ABSTRACT: This target article tries to integrate results in memory
    research from diverse disciplines such as psychophysiology,
    cognitive psychology, anatomy and neurophysiology. The integrating
    link is seen in more recent anatomical findings that provide strong
    arguments for the assumption that oscillations provide the basic
    form of communication between cortical cell assemblies. The basic
    argument is that episodic memory processes, which are part of a
    complex working memory system, are reflected by oscillations in the
    theta band, whereas long-term memory processes are reflected by
    alpha oscillations. It is assumed that alpha and theta oscillations
    serve to encode, access, and retrieve cortical codes that are
    stored in the form of widely distributed but intensely
    interconnected cell assemblies.

    KEYWORDS: Alpha, EEG, Hippocampus, Memory, Oscillation, Thalamus,
    Theta.

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