Fig. 1

Schematic representing a trial in the delayed match-to-sample task. A sample image with a green border was initially presented for 3 seconds. After a jittered delay (1.1–1.4 seconds), the participant indicated whether each of five successive test images matched or did not match the sample. A new sample image was used in each trial. Individual images (either matching or nonmatching) were tested two or three times per trial. Each working memory (WM) trial lasted approximately 16 seconds. Altogether, 60 trials were performed in 2 blocks of 30 trials each, with a short break between blocks. The working memory task lasted approximately 18 minutes overall