2013
Frontal and Parietal Cortical Interactions with Distributed Visual Representations during Selective Attention and Action Selection
Nelissen N, Stokes M, Nobre A, Rushworth M. Frontal and Parietal Cortical Interactions with Distributed Visual Representations during Selective Attention and Action Selection. Journal Of Neuroscience 2013, 33: 16443-16458. PMID: 24133250, PMCID: PMC3797369, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2625-13.2013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultivoxel pattern analysisOccipitotemporal cortexParietal areasStimulus categoriesHuman occipitotemporal cortexPattern strengthTop-down controlVisuoperceptual tasksFrontal operculumParietal cortexAttention conditionAttentional contextFrontal regionsCategory identityAction selectionSimilar effectsQualitatively similar effectsCortexCortical interactionsStimuliConcurrent activationPattern analysisVisual representationTaskRead information
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
Covert 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
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