2022
Be there on time: Spatial‐temporal regularities guide young children’s attention in dynamic environments
Shalev N, Boettcher S, Wilkinson H, Scerif G, Nobre A. Be there on time: Spatial‐temporal regularities guide young children’s attention in dynamic environments. Child Development 2022, 93: 1414-1426. PMID: 35385168, PMCID: PMC9545323, DOI: 10.1111/cdev.13770.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEyes wide open: Regulation of arousal by temporal expectations
Shalev N, Nobre A. Eyes wide open: Regulation of arousal by temporal expectations. Cognition 2022, 224: 105062. PMID: 35217263, PMCID: PMC9112164, DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2022.105062.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLevel of arousalTemporal predictionLevels of behavioral performanceModulation of arousalRegulation of arousalTemporal structure of eventsAnticipation of upcoming stimuliTonic level of arousalBehavioral performanceUpcoming stimuliStructure of eventsArousal modulationBehavioral benefitsElevated arousalIncreased arousalModulate arousalTemporal expectationsArousalArousal levelAdaptive modulationTonic level
2020
One Thing Leads to Another: Anticipating Visual Object Identity Based on Associative-Memory Templates
Boettcher S, Stokes M, Nobre A, van Ede F. One Thing Leads to Another: Anticipating Visual Object Identity Based on Associative-Memory Templates. Journal Of Neuroscience 2020, 40: 4010-4020. PMID: 32284338, PMCID: PMC7219293, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2751-19.2020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsContingent negative variationTemporal anticipationElectrophysiological signaturesMemory templatesProbabilistic associationsNegative variationAnticipatory mechanismsAlpha oscillationsAlpha-band oscillationsField of attentionAttentional templatesMemory cuesNeural substratesPreparatory attentionTask-relevantExperiment 2Neural mechanismsBehavioral consequencesBehavioral benefitsObject identityMotor responsePerceptual identityElectrophysiological substrateHuman electrophysiologyAnticipatory states
2018
Early Behavioural Facilitation by Temporal Expectations in Complex Visual-motor Sequences
Heideman S, van Ede F, Nobre A. Early Behavioural Facilitation by Temporal Expectations in Complex Visual-motor Sequences. Neuroscience 2018, 389: 74-84. PMID: 29802816, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2018.05.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVisual-motor sequencesTemporal expectationsTemporal orientationReaction time differencesSpatial-temporal sequenceBehavioral facilitationBehavioral benefitsIncidental learningInter-element intervalsFacilitatory influenceBehavioral responsesIncidental acquisitionTemporal cuesLate blockMultiple presentationsSequential structureSessionsTaskCentral hypothesisParticipantsModified versionCuesSequence structureExpectationsLong intervals
2017
Temporal alignment of anticipatory motor cortical beta lateralisation in hidden visual‐motor sequences
Heideman S, van Ede F, Nobre A. Temporal alignment of anticipatory motor cortical beta lateralisation in hidden visual‐motor sequences. European Journal Of Neuroscience 2017, 48: 2684-2695. PMID: 28921756, PMCID: PMC6220967, DOI: 10.1111/ejn.13700.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSerial reaction timeModified serial reaction timeUpcoming target locationVisual-motor sequencesAnticipatory preparationBehavioral benefitsBrain activityNeural dynamicsBeta oscillationsModulation of motor cortical excitabilityLateralisationSpatial-temporal sequenceMotor cortical excitabilityReaction timeComparing targetsCortical excitabilityTarget locationPreparatory 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
2016
Early behavioural facilitation by temporal expectations in complex visual-motor sequences
Heideman S, van Ede F, Nobre A. Early behavioural facilitation by temporal expectations in complex visual-motor sequences. Journal Of Physiology-Paris 2016, 110: 487-496. PMID: 28323028, PMCID: PMC5742633, DOI: 10.1016/j.jphysparis.2017.03.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVisual-motor sequencesTemporal expectationsTemporal orientationReaction time differencesSpatial-temporal sequenceBehavioral facilitationBehavioral benefitsIncidental learningInter-element intervalsFacilitatory influenceBehavioral responsesIncidental acquisitionTemporal cuesLate blockMultiple presentationsSequential structureSessionsTaskCentral hypothesisParticipantsModified versionDaily lifeCuesSequence structureExpectations
2015
Preserved memory-based orienting of attention with impaired explicit memory in healthy ageing
Salvato G, Patai E, Nobre A. Preserved memory-based orienting of attention with impaired explicit memory in healthy ageing. Cortex 2015, 74: 67-78. PMID: 26649914, PMCID: PMC4729287, DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2015.10.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLong-term memoryContextual long-term memoryOrienting of attentionContextual memoryExplicit memoryOlder participantsYounger participantsExplicit memory deficitsImpaired explicit memoryExplicit retrieval tasksMemory-guided attentionEncoding of eventsVisuo-spatial attentionTarget detection taskOrienting visual attentionHealthy agingMemory deficitsBehavioral performanceContextual associationsBehavioral benefitsNeural activityVisual attentionMemoryYoung adultsOlder adults
2012
Attention Modulates Maintenance of Representations in Visual Short-term Memory
Kuo B, Stokes M, Nobre A. Attention Modulates Maintenance of Representations in Visual Short-term Memory. Journal Of Cognitive Neuroscience 2012, 24: 51-60. PMID: 21736457, PMCID: PMC3480577, DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00087.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVisual short-term memoryContralateral delay activityTask-relevant itemsShort-term memoryVSTM representationsVisual short-term memory performanceVisual short-term memory maintenanceTop-down attentional biasesMaintenance of representationsModulation of neural activityTask-relevant informationRetrospective cuesAttentional biasMaintenance periodMemory itemsOrienting attentionMemory loadMemory delayBehavioral benefitsBehavioral goalsNeural activityRetrocueMultiple itemsDelayed activationMemory
2005
The effects of combined caffeine and glucose drinks on attention in the human brain
Rao A, Hu H, Nobre A. The effects of combined caffeine and glucose drinks on attention in the human brain. Nutritional Neuroscience 2005, 8: 141-153. PMID: 16117181, DOI: 10.1080/10284150500096994.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEvent-related potentialsBehavioral performanceSelective attentionBehavioral measures of performancePlacebo drinkInformation processingVisual selective attentionPeripheral visual stimuliVisual cortical processingBehavioral tasksP3 componentBehavioral measuresTarget stimuliBehavioral benefitsBrain activityNeural information processingCombined caffeineTask performanceBehavioral studiesMotor responseCortical processingVisual stimuliBrain recordingsMental activityDemanding tasks