2019
Human gaze tracks attentional focusing in memorized visual space
van Ede F, Chekroud S, Nobre A. Human gaze tracks attentional focusing in memorized visual space. Nature Human Behaviour 2019, 3: 462-470. PMID: 31089296, PMCID: PMC6546593, DOI: 10.1038/s41562-019-0549-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConcurrent visual and motor selection during visual working memory guided action
van Ede F, Chekroud S, Stokes M, Nobre A. Concurrent visual and motor selection during visual working memory guided action. Nature Neuroscience 2019, 22: 477-483. PMID: 30718904, PMCID: PMC6420070, DOI: 10.1038/s41593-018-0335-6.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2018
Spontaneous cortical activity transiently organises into frequency specific phase-coupling networks
Vidaurre D, Hunt L, Quinn A, Hunt B, Brookes M, Nobre A, Woolrich M. Spontaneous cortical activity transiently organises into frequency specific phase-coupling networks. Nature Communications 2018, 9: 2987. PMID: 30061566, PMCID: PMC6065434, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-05316-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigher-order cognitive networksPatterns of oscillatory powerBrain statesCognitive networksFunctional brain networksTransient brain statesFrequency-specific oscillationsSpontaneous cortical activityDelta/theta rangeMode networkCognitive tasksResting networksBrain areasBrain networksIntrinsic timescalesOscillatory powerPosterior alphaCortical activityMotor networkAnterior subdivisionFunctional specialisationNeuronal populationsBrainBandCoherence
2017
Temporal Expectations Guide Dynamic Prioritization in Visual Working Memory through Attenuated α Oscillations
van Ede F, Niklaus M, Nobre A. Temporal Expectations Guide Dynamic Prioritization in Visual Working Memory through Attenuated α Oscillations. Journal Of Neuroscience 2017, 37: 437-445. DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2272-16.2017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVisual working memoryWorking memoryTemporal expectationsAttentional prioritizationNeural substratesBrain areasStudies of working memoryFlexible goal-directed behaviorMemory retrieval timeInvestigate working memoryWorking memory performanceGoal-directed behaviorEcologically valid contextInvestigated visual working memorySensory brain areasVisual brain areasMemory performanceLaboratory tasksNeuronal underpinningsMental representationsNeural mechanismsDelay intervalNeural implementationValid contextsPrecision judgments
2016
Temporal Expectations Guide Dynamic Prioritization in Visual Working Memory through Attenuated α Oscillations
van Ede F, Niklaus M, Nobre A. Temporal Expectations Guide Dynamic Prioritization in Visual Working Memory through Attenuated α Oscillations. Journal Of Neuroscience 2016, 37: 437-445. PMID: 28077721, PMCID: PMC5242399, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2272-16.2016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVisual working memoryWorking memoryTemporal expectationsAttentional prioritizationNeural substratesBrain areasStudies of working memoryFlexible goal-directed behaviorMemory retrieval timeInvestigate working memoryWorking memory performanceGoal-directed behaviorEcologically valid contextInvestigated visual working memorySensory brain areasVisual brain areasMemory performanceLaboratory tasksNeuronal underpinningsMental representationsNeural mechanismsDelay intervalNeural implementationValid contextsPrecision judgments
2011
Response inhibition results in the emotional devaluation of faces: neural correlates as revealed by fMRI
Doallo S, Raymond J, Shapiro K, Kiss M, Eimer M, Nobre A. Response inhibition results in the emotional devaluation of faces: neural correlates as revealed by fMRI. Social Cognitive And Affective Neuroscience 2011, 7: 649-659. PMID: 21642353, PMCID: PMC3427860, DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsr031.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunctional magnetic resonance imagingResponse inhibitionNeural mechanismsBrain activityTop-down inhibitory mechanismsSocial Emotional EvaluationResponse to facesSocial-emotional networkGo/No-Go taskTask 2TASK-1Amygdala activationExecutive controlResponse-selectionBehavioral ratingsGo/No-GoInhibitory controlBrain mechanismsRating taskBehavioral measuresBrain areasResponse suppressionAffective responsesValue representationMagnetic resonance imaging
2006
Orienting attention to semantic categories
Cristescu T, Devlin J, Nobre A. Orienting attention to semantic categories. NeuroImage 2006, 33: 1178-1187. PMID: 17011212, PMCID: PMC2651199, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2006.08.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAttentional orientingLeft anterior inferior frontal cortexFunctional magnetic-resonance imagingInferior frontal cortexSpeeded response taskSemantic analysis of wordsAttributes of stimuliType of expectancyWord stimuliFrontoparietal networkNeural correlatesOrienting attentionFrontal cortexBehavioral performanceAnalysis of wordsBrain areasResponse taskBehavioral consequencesSemantic categoriesFrontal areasOptimal perceptionSpatial orientationMagnetic-resonance imagingFunctional specializationStimuliOrienting Attention Based on Long-Term Memory Experience
Summerfield J, Lepsien J, Gitelman D, Mesulam M, Nobre A. Orienting Attention Based on Long-Term Memory Experience. Neuron 2006, 49: 905-916. PMID: 16543137, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2006.01.021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMemory-guided attentionEvent-related functional magnetic resonance imagingSpatial attentionFunctional magnetic resonance imagingRetrieval of memoryVisual spatial orientingMemory of objectsLong-term memoryParietal-frontal networkAttention-orienting taskAttentional orientingOrienting attentionBehavioral effectsNaturalistic scenesBehavioral advantageMemory experimentsBrain areasDetection of objectsPerceptual domainNeural systemsExperimental paradigmSpatial cuesStable memorySpatial orientationComplex scenesFEF TMS Affects Visual Cortical Activity
Taylor P, Nobre A, Rushworth M. FEF TMS Affects Visual Cortical Activity. Cerebral Cortex 2006, 17: 391-399. PMID: 16525126, DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhj156.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFEF TMSTMS-induced effectsEvent-related potentialsFrontal eye fieldTranscranial magnetic stimulationModulation of visual activityHuman frontal eye fieldRight frontal eye fieldVisual cortical activityVisual stimuliNeural activityOrienting of spatial attentionVisual event-related potentialsVisual brain areasCovert attention taskCue periodAttention taskBrain areasBrain activityPosterior electrodesSpatial attentionEye fieldVisual processingVisual attentionMagnetic stimulation
2005
Directing spatial attention in mental representations: Interactions between attentional orienting and working-memory load
Lepsien J, Griffin I, Devlin J, Nobre A. Directing spatial attention in mental representations: Interactions between attentional orienting and working-memory load. NeuroImage 2005, 26: 733-743. PMID: 15955482, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2005.02.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOrienting of spatial attentionWorking-memory loadWorking memoryMental representationsSpatial attentionEvent-related functional magnetic resonance imagingFunctional magnetic resonance imagingMedial frontal cortexOrienting spatial attentionDirect spatial attentionPosterior parietal cortexNeutral cuesAttentional orientingRetrieval of informationFrontal cortexMemory loadBehavioral measuresParietal cortexBrain areasProbe stimuliBehavioral resultsNeural systemsSpatial orientationInternal representationSpatial orientation functions
2003
The anatomy and time course of semantic priming investigated by fMRI and ERPs
Rossell S, Price C, Nobre A. The anatomy and time course of semantic priming investigated by fMRI and ERPs. Neuropsychologia 2003, 41: 550-564. PMID: 12638581, DOI: 10.1016/s0028-3932(02)00181-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEvent-related functional magnetic resonance imagingEvent-related potentialsTime course of semantic primingSemantic primingMedial temporal cortexSemantically related wordsLong-interval conditionTarget wordsN400 componentRelated wordsTemporal cortexBrain areasEffects of semantic primingEvent-related potential methodFunctional magnetic resonance imagingSemantic-priming effectLexical-decision taskSemantically related primesLeft supramarginal gyrusTemporal-parietal junctionBrain imaging techniquesPairs of stimuliNon-invasive brain imaging techniqueSemantic expectationsRelated primesBrain Activations during Visual Search: Contributions of Search Efficiency versus Feature Binding
Nobre A, Coull J, Walsh V, Frith C. Brain Activations during Visual Search: Contributions of Search Efficiency versus Feature Binding. NeuroImage 2003, 18: 91-103. PMID: 12507447, DOI: 10.1006/nimg.2002.1329.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVisual searchParietal cortexFeature bindingParietal activationFunctional magnetic resonance imagingConditions of visual searchPosterior parietal activationPop-out searchSuperior parietal lobuleVisual search taskPop-out conditionIntraparietal sulcusParietal lobuleBrain areasBrain activitySearch efficiencySearch taskOccipital areasCortexMagnetic resonance imagingBrainResonance imagingFactors of efficiencyCorrelation analysisInefficient conditions
2002
Filtering of Distractors during Visual Search Studied by Positron Emission Tomography
Nobre A, Sebestyen G, Gitelman D, Frith C, Mesulam M. Filtering of Distractors during Visual Search Studied by Positron Emission Tomography. NeuroImage 2002, 16: 968-976. PMID: 12202084, DOI: 10.1006/nimg.2002.1137.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOvert visual searchVisual searchTarget digitsPositron emission tomographyFiltering of distractorsEye movementsEmission tomographyBrain areasTask conditionsVisual processingObject recognitionBrain imagingCrowded displaysVisual cortexPrimary visual cortexVisual displayDistractorsCortexPositronBrainFoilWatching where you look: modulation of visual processing of foveal stimuli by spatial attention
Miniussi C, Rao A, Nobre A. Watching where you look: modulation of visual processing of foveal stimuli by spatial attention. Neuropsychologia 2002, 40: 2448-2460. PMID: 12417472, DOI: 10.1016/s0028-3932(02)00080-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEvent-related potentialsSpatial attentionPattern of hemispheric asymmetryCentral stimulusRight hemisphere dominanceAnalysis of stimuliFoveal stimuliHemispheric dominancePerceptual processingBehavioral measuresBrain areasExtrastriate visual areasHemispheric asymmetryPerceptual analysisVisual areasStimuliPeripheral stimuliCenter of gazeVolunteer participantsAttentionBrainParticipantsGazeFindings
2001
The attentive homunculus: Now you see it, now you don't
Nobre A. The attentive homunculus: Now you see it, now you don't. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 2001, 25: 477-496. PMID: 11595269, DOI: 10.1016/s0149-7634(01)00028-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAttentional control systemVisual spatial attentionNeural systemsAttentional controlBrain areasFrontal regionsSpatial attentionPattern of brain areasControl of visual spatial attentionVisual spatial orientingFunctional magnetic resonanceHuman brainPosterior parietal cortexFrontal eye fieldContribution of brain imagingMultiple frames of referenceIntraparietal sulcusParietal cortexEye fieldMotor actPositron emission tomographyEye movementsBrain imagingBrainMature understanding
2000
Orienting attention in time: behavioural and neuroanatomical distinction between exogenous and endogenous shifts
Coull J, Frith C, Büchel C, Nobre A. Orienting attention in time: behavioural and neuroanatomical distinction between exogenous and endogenous shifts. Neuropsychologia 2000, 38: 808-819. PMID: 10689056, DOI: 10.1016/s0028-3932(99)00132-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInvalid trialsBrain areasEvent-related fMRI studyAssociated with attentional orientingLength of delayTemporal orienting of attentionCue-target delaysVisual extrastriate cortexCue-target intervalRight prefrontal cortexOrienting of attentionAllocation of attentionTrial validityNeuroanatomical distinctionOrbitofrontal cortexPrefrontal cortexCue-targetAttentional orientingFMRI studyOrienting attentionTrial-typesSpatial tasksAssociated with activationAttentional confoundsFoveal visual stimuliCovert Visual Spatial Orienting and Saccades: Overlapping Neural Systems
Nobre A, Gitelman D, Dias E, Mesulam M. Covert Visual Spatial Orienting and Saccades: Overlapping Neural Systems. NeuroImage 2000, 11: 210-216. PMID: 10694463, DOI: 10.1006/nimg.2000.0539.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunctional magnetic resonance imagingNeural systemsSpatial attentionExecution of saccadic eye movementsVisual spatial orientingVisual spatial attentionFunctional anatomical relationshipSaccadic eye movementsCovert taskCovert orientingBrain areasFrontal regionsOculomotor conditionsEye movementsVisual targetMagnetic resonance imagingResonance imagingTaskSpatial orientationSaccadesBrainAttention