2017
Preparatory α-band oscillations reflect spatial gating independently of predictions regarding target identity
Wildegger T, van Ede F, Woolrich M, Gillebert C, Nobre A. Preparatory α-band oscillations reflect spatial gating independently of predictions regarding target identity. Journal Of Neurophysiology 2017, 117: 1385-1394. PMID: 28077669, PMCID: PMC5350265, DOI: 10.1152/jn.00856.2016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpatial gatingGating of informationAttentional cuesHuman brain oscillationsTarget identityFeature-based predictionsCue-target intervalVisual targetVisual detection taskFeature-based attentionUpcoming visual targetSpatial attention cuesCovert spatial attentionOscillationsUninformative cuesBehavioral benefitsBrain activityBehavioral levelAnticipatory attentionCortical regionsSpatial attentionA-bandAttended locationSpatial cuesBrain oscillations
2015
Temporal Dynamics of Attention during Encoding versus Maintenance of Working Memory: Complementary Views from Event-related Potentials and Alpha-band Oscillations
Myers N, Walther L, Wallis G, Stokes M, Nobre A. Temporal Dynamics of Attention during Encoding versus Maintenance of Working Memory: Complementary Views from Event-related Potentials and Alpha-band Oscillations. Journal Of Cognitive Neuroscience 2015, 27: 492-508. PMID: 25244118, PMCID: PMC4678590, DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00727.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVisual WM taskWorking memoryWM taskMaintenance of working memoryTemporal dynamics of attentionFrontoparietal control networkPatterns of ERPsEvent-related potentialsShifts of attentionDynamics of attentionAlpha-band lateralizationAlpha-band oscillationsAttention-guiding cuesERP profileERP patternsTarget anticipationRobust lateralizationUpcoming informationCue conditionCue typesRecall performanceProcessing differencesRetrocueAnticipatory attentionStimulus anticipation