2005
Synergistic Effect of Combined Temporal and Spatial Expectations on Visual Attention
Doherty J, Rao A, Mesulam M, Nobre A. Synergistic Effect of Combined Temporal and Spatial Expectations on Visual Attention. Journal Of Neuroscience 2005, 25: 8259-8266. PMID: 16148233, PMCID: PMC6725546, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1821-05.2005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTemporal expectationsP1 componentSpatial attentionSpatial expectationsPerceptual analysisEarly perceptual analysisTemporal attentionVisual P1 componentEvent-related potentialsReaction timeAttentional orientingBehavioral tasksTrial typesExpectancy conditionPerceptual processingState of expectationsVisual attentionBehavioral validityExtrastriate areasEveryday situationsModulatory effectsTaskOccluding barrierThe 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
2000
The dynamics of shifting visuospatial attention revealed by event-related potentials
Nobre A, Sebestyen G, Miniussi C. The dynamics of shifting visuospatial attention revealed by event-related potentials. Neuropsychologia 2000, 38: 964-974. PMID: 10775707, DOI: 10.1016/s0028-3932(00)00015-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEvent-related potentialsRight visual fieldSpatial attentionSpatial orienting of attentionCue-target intervalShifts of covert attentionOrienting of attentionAnterior scalp sitesAsymmetry of activationCue stimulusBehavioral tasksVisuospatial attentionCued locationTarget stimuliBrain activityHemispheric asymmetryCovert attentionNeural systemsScalp sitesVisual fieldPosterior scalpFoveal cueCuesAnterior regionStimuli
1996
Cortical Activation in the Human Brain during Lateral Saccades Using EPISTAR Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Darby D, Nobre A, Thangaraj V, Edelman R, Mesulam M, Warach S. Cortical Activation in the Human Brain during Lateral Saccades Using EPISTAR Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging. NeuroImage 1996, 3: 53-62. PMID: 9345475, DOI: 10.1006/nimg.1996.0006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunctional magnetic resonance imagingSaccadic eye movementsLocalized signal increasesEchoplanar functional magnetic resonance imagingSuperior medial frontal regionsEye movementsMedial frontal regionsPutative frontal eye fieldFrontal eye fieldMagnetic resonance imagingHorizontal saccadic eye movementsSignal increaseSaccade-related activityParietal activationBehavioral tasksHuman FEFPremotor cortexCortical substratesFrontal regionsPrecentral regionSaccade taskEye fieldResonance imagingCortical activityMeasuring signal intensity changes