2008
Choosing Where to Attend and the Medial Frontal Cortex: An fMRI Study
Taylor P, Rushworth M, Nobre A. Choosing Where to Attend and the Medial Frontal Cortex: An fMRI Study. Journal Of Neurophysiology 2008, 100: 1397-1406. PMID: 18596189, PMCID: PMC2544456, DOI: 10.1152/jn.90241.2008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAttention conditionMedial frontal cortical regionsEye fieldLateral frontal eye fieldsMedial frontal cortexFrontal cortical regionsFunctional magnetic resonancePeripheral spatial locationsVisual detection taskFrontal eye fieldMemory confoundsAttentional orientingFree selectionFMRI studyCentral cuesFrontal cortexOvert actionsCortical regionsCovert attentionSpatial attentionNeural activityChoice trialsVoluntary attentionDetection taskMemory
2003
The posterior cingulate and medial prefrontal cortex mediate the anticipatory allocation of spatial attention
Small DM, Gitelman DR, Gregory MD, Nobre AC, Parrish TB, Mesulam M. The posterior cingulate and medial prefrontal cortex mediate the anticipatory allocation of spatial attention. NeuroImage 2003, 18: 633-641. PMID: 12667840, DOI: 10.1016/s1053-8119(02)00012-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedial prefrontal cortexCue benefitPrefrontal cortexPosterior cingulateAttention-related areasNeutral cuesCentral cuesSpatial attentionSpatial expectancyFMRI scanningIrrelevant locationsMotivational valenceGreater activationParietal cortexBrain regionsCuesPeripheral targetsReaction timeCingulateCortexDistractibilityExpectancySignificant eventsAttentionValence
2002
Multiple mechanisms of selective attention: differential modulation of stimulus processing by attention to space or time
Griffin I, Miniussi C, Nobre A. Multiple mechanisms of selective attention: differential modulation of stimulus processing by attention to space or time. Neuropsychologia 2002, 40: 2325-2340. PMID: 12417462, DOI: 10.1016/s0028-3932(02)00087-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEvent-related potentialsModulation of stimulus processingStimulus processingFlexibility of attentional functionsTemporal orientationAttentional orienting taskOrientation conditionsTemporal attentionRight of fixationEarly visual componentsSymbolic central cuesOptimisation of behaviourProbability of stimulus occurrenceModulatory effectsAttentional functionsOrienting attentionCentral cuesTarget stimuliOrientation taskStimulus arraySpatial locationSpatial attentionTarget intervalIdentical stimuliStimulus occurrence
1999
Orienting attention in time
Miniussi C, Wilding E, Coull J, Nobre A. Orienting attention in time. Brain 1999, 122: 1507-1518. PMID: 10430834, DOI: 10.1093/brain/122.8.1507.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEvent-related potentialsCue-target intervalAttentional orientingNeural activityModulate visual attentionTarget detection taskDynamic neural activityReaction timeOrienting attentionAttentional resourcesCentral cuesNeural mechanismsTarget stimuliP300 amplitudeMotor preparationTemporal expectationsVisual attentionTemporal contingencyCuesDetection taskStimuliTaskHuman subjectsAttentionTime interval
1998
Where and When to Pay Attention: The Neural Systems for Directing Attention to Spatial Locations and to Time Intervals as Revealed by Both PET and fMRI
Coull J, Nobre A. Where and When to Pay Attention: The Neural Systems for Directing Attention to Spatial Locations and to Time Intervals as Revealed by Both PET and fMRI. Journal Of Neuroscience 1998, 18: 7426-7435. PMID: 9736662, PMCID: PMC6793260, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-18-07426.1998.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunctional magnetic resonance imagingNeural systemsPositron emission tomographyCovert spatial orienting taskTemporal allocation of attentionLeft parietal activationTemporal attentionSymbolic central cuesAllocation of attentionSpatial orientation taskBrain imaging dataSpatial locationParietal activationNeural correlatesCentral cuesAttentional resourcesAttention taskStimulus dimensionsParietal cortexBrain regionsCued attentionOrientation taskBrain activityHemispheric asymmetrySpatial attention