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. 2012 Aug 29;7(8):e42719. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042719

Figure 6. Distribution of number of items maintained in visual WM as a function of the stimulation period.

Figure 6

Histograms illustrating the percentage of trials in which multiple items show high activity during the last 300 ms of the delay period for different stimulation periods: A Inline graphic = 200 ms, B Inline graphic = 500 ms, and C Inline graphic = 1000 ms. The set size of the memory set is 4 in these experiments. Four pools receive an external stimulation Inline graphic = 60 Hz in the no-saliency condition whereas the pool selective to the salient item receives an external stimulation Inline graphic = 100 Hz (while the remaining three stimulated pools receive only Inline graphic = 60 Hz) in the saliency condition. The network parameters employed in these simulations are those shown in Table 1. The results illustrate that eWMC increases when the stimulation period is increased and is reduced in the presence of saliency.