2014
Preferential encoding of behaviorally relevant predictions revealed by EEG
Stokes M, Myers N, Turnbull J, Nobre A. Preferential encoding of behaviorally relevant predictions revealed by EEG. Frontiers In Human Neuroscience 2014, 8: 687. PMID: 25228878, PMCID: PMC4151094, DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00687.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-target stimuliControl cuesCue stimulusPredictable stimuliTask-relevantSustained frontal negativityEffects of target predictabilityStatistics of visual inputControl non-targetFrontal negativityTask-irrelevantPerceptual processingTarget stimuliCuing stimulusBehavioral resultsPost-stimulusTarget onsetPosterior electrodesControl contingenciesStatistical regularitiesPresentation probabilityStimuliCuesVisual inputNon-target
2012
Effects of Decision Variables and Intraparietal Stimulation on Sensorimotor Oscillatory Activity in the Human Brain
Gould I, Nobre A, Wyart V, Rushworth M. Effects of Decision Variables and Intraparietal Stimulation on Sensorimotor Oscillatory Activity in the Human Brain. Journal Of Neuroscience 2012, 32: 13805-13818. PMID: 23035092, PMCID: PMC3491879, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2200-12.2012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProbabilistic reasoning tasksParticipants integrated informationBeta band activityCue processingCue stimulusIntraparietal sulcusReasoning tasksSensorimotor cortexOscillatory activityCuesHuman brainMotor cortexUpdate signalCortexSensorimotorExecution choicesBeta bandSensorimotor oscillatory activityDecision makingBrainObservation cuesSulcusStimuliTaskLateralization
2011
Modulation of neural activity by motivational and spatial biases
Baines S, Ruz M, Rao A, Denison R, Nobre A. Modulation of neural activity by motivational and spatial biases. Neuropsychologia 2011, 49: 2489-2497. PMID: 21570417, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.04.029.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEvent-related potentialsLateralised readiness potentialNeural activityCognitive processesTime course of information processingCourse of information processingInfluence behavioral performanceLate cognitive processesNon-rewarding stimuliModulation of neural activityAnalysis of stimuliP300-like potentialsReaction timeModulate neural activityReward trialsPosner taskCue stimulusEffect of motivationMotivational biasesBehavioral performanceTarget stimuliStimulus representationsReadiness potentialSpatial attentionSpatial expectations
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