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
2010
Functionally dissociating temporal and motor components of response preparation in left intraparietal sulcus
Cotti J, Rohenkohl G, Stokes M, Nobre A, Coull J. Functionally dissociating temporal and motor components of response preparation in left intraparietal sulcus. NeuroImage 2010, 54: 1221-1230. PMID: 20868756, PMCID: PMC3025354, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.09.038.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLeft intraparietal sulcusIntraparietal sulcusPotential spatial confoundingTemporal orientationResponse preparationMotor effectorsFunctional independenceReaction-time paradigmSpatial confoundingManual responsesLateralised responsesImminent responseMotor orientationFMRI dataOntogenetic rootsExperimental paradigmMotor behaviorPreparatory processesMotor components
2007
Anatomical Physiology of Spatial Extinction
Çiçek M, Gitelman D, Hurley R, Nobre A, Mesulam M. Anatomical Physiology of Spatial Extinction. Cerebral Cortex 2007, 17: 2892-2898. PMID: 17344206, DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhm014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInferior parietal lobuleInferior frontal gyrusIntraparietal sulcusRight hemisphereFunctional magnetic resonance imaging experimentUnilateral lesionsMagnetic resonance imaging experimentEffects of unilateral lesionsPhenomenon of extinctionFrontal gyrusParietal lobuleHemispatial neglectFocal attentionDistributed attentionAttention modeIntact volunteersFocal conditionsContralateral counterpartLevels of MAPContralateral hemispherePeristriate areasHemisphereLesionsGyrusHigher levels
2003
Distinct neural substrates for visual search amongst spatial versus temporal distractors
Coull J, Walsh V, Frith C, Nobre A. Distinct neural substrates for visual search amongst spatial versus temporal distractors. Brain Research 2003, 17: 368-379. PMID: 12880907, DOI: 10.1016/s0926-6410(03)00138-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSuperior parietal cortexConjunction taskConjunction of featuresParietal cortexAttentional demandsSearch taskRight superior parietal cortexNetwork of areasConjunction search taskFunctional magnetic resonanceAttention-demanding taskNeuroanatomical correlatesIntraparietal sulcusNeural substratesFrontal operculumBilateral regionsVisual searchBA7Temporal proximityStimulus distributionCortexTaskMedial regionStimuliLateral regionsBrain 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
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
1997
Functional localization of the system for visuospatial attention using positron emission tomography.
Nobre A, Sebestyen G, Gitelman D, Mesulam M, Frackowiak R, Frith C. Functional localization of the system for visuospatial attention using positron emission tomography. Brain 1997, 120: 515-533. PMID: 9126062, DOI: 10.1093/brain/120.3.515.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsShifts of attentionVisuospatial attentionAttention taskNeural systemsRight anterior cingulate gyrusCovert shifts of attentionPatterns of neural activityRight posterior parietal cortexAnterior cingulate gyrusLateral premotor cortexPosterior parietal cortexIndividual-subject levelRegional functional specializationIntraparietal sulcusCingulate gyrusParietal cortexTarget stimuliAttention conditionCovert shiftsPremotor cortexPeripheral cuesCortical regionsSpatial attentionNeural activityBehavioral studies