The Hot-Coal hypothesis of working memory

Project Information

Hot-Coal WM

Grant agreement ID: 949131

DOI

10.3030/949131

EC signature date 18 December 2020

Start date 1 June 2021

End date 31 May 2026

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 1 498 957,00

EU contribution

€ 1 498 957,00

Coordinated by

KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET
Sweden

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (9)

Beta: bursts of Cognition

Author(s): Mikael Lundqvist, Earl K Miller, Jonathan Nordmark, Johan Liljefors, Pawel Herman
Published in: Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2024, ISSN 1364-6613
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2024.03.010

Distinct functions for beta and alpha bursts in gating of human working memory

Author(s): Johan Liljefors, Rita Almeida, Gustaf Rane, Johan N. Lundström, Pawel Herman, Mikael Lundqvist
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 15, 2024, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-53257-7

The pupillary respiratory‐phase response: pupil size is smallest around inhalation onset and largest during exhalation

Author(s): Martin Schaefer, Sebastiaan Mathôt, Mikael Lundqvist, Johan N. Lundström, Artin Arshamian
Published in: The Journal of Physiology, Issue 603, 2025, Page(s) 1607-1625, ISSN 0022-3751
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1113/jp287205

Oscillations without cortex: Working memory modulates brainwaves in the endbrain of crows

Author(s): Lukas Alexander Hahn, Dmitry Balakhonov, Mikael Lundqvist, Andreas Nieder, Jonas Rose
Published in: Progress in Neurobiology, 2022, ISSN 0301-0082
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2022.102372

Oscillatory control of cortical space as a computational dimension

Author(s): Zhen Chen, Scott L. Brincat, Mikael Lundqvist, Roman F. Loonis, Melissa R. Warden, Earl K. Miller
Published in: Current Biology, Issue 36, 2026, Page(s) 402-414.e5, ISSN 0960-9822
Publisher: Cell Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2025.11.072

State–Space Trajectories and Traveling Waves Following Distraction

Author(s): Tamal Batabyal, Scott L. Brincat, Jacob A. Donoghue, Mikael Lundqvist, Meredith K. Mahnke, Earl K. Miller
Published in: Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 2026, Page(s) 1-21, ISSN 0898-929X
Publisher: Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.a.2410

Working memory control dynamics follow principles of spatial computing.

Author(s): Mikael Lundqvist, Scott L. Brincat, Jonas Rose, Melissa R. Warden, Timothy J. Buschman, Earl K. Miller and Pawel Herman
Published in: Nature Communications, 2023, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-36555-4

Reduced variability of bursting activity during working memory.

Author(s): Lundqvist, M., Rose, J., Brincat, S. L., Warden, M. R., Buschman, T. J., Herman, P., & Miller, E. K.
Published in: Scientific reports, 2022, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-18577-y

Robust and brain-like working memory through short-term synaptic plasticity

Author(s): Kozachkov, L., Tauber, J., Lundqvist, M., Brincat, S. L., Slotine, J. J., & Miller, E. K.
Published in: PLOS Computational Biology, 2022, ISSN 1553-734X
Publisher: Public Library of Science
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010776

Other (1)

Distinct Functions for Beta and Alpha Bursts in Gating of Human Working Memory

Author(s): Johan Liljefors, Rita Almeida, Gustaf Rane, Johan N Lundström, Pawel Herman, Mikael Lundqvist
Published in: bioRxiv, 2023, ISSN 2692-8205
Publisher: Cold spring Harbor Laboratory
DOI: 10.1101/2023.11.17.566386