2020
One Thing Leads to Another: Anticipating Visual Object Identity Based on Associative-Memory Templates
Boettcher S, Stokes M, Nobre A, van Ede F. One Thing Leads to Another: Anticipating Visual Object Identity Based on Associative-Memory Templates. Journal Of Neuroscience 2020, 40: 4010-4020. PMID: 32284338, PMCID: PMC7219293, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2751-19.2020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsContingent negative variationTemporal anticipationElectrophysiological signaturesMemory templatesProbabilistic associationsNegative variationAnticipatory mechanismsAlpha oscillationsAlpha-band oscillationsField of attentionAttentional templatesMemory cuesNeural substratesPreparatory attentionTask-relevantExperiment 2Neural mechanismsBehavioral consequencesBehavioral benefitsObject identityMotor responsePerceptual identityElectrophysiological substrateHuman electrophysiologyAnticipatory states
2019
Emotional Distraction in the Context of Memory-Based Orienting of Attention
Raeder S, Bone J, Patai E, Holmes E, Nobre A, Murphy S. Emotional Distraction in the Context of Memory-Based Orienting of Attention. Emotion 2019, 19: 1366-1376. PMID: 30676039, PMCID: PMC6886481, DOI: 10.1037/emo0000506.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeutral facesTask-irrelevant emotional facesGoal-directed behaviorOrienting of attentionLong-term memoryTarget detection taskTrait anxiety scoresAnxious individualsEmotional distractionEmotional distractorsEmotional facesThreatening stimuliMemory cuesTrait anxietyAttentional captureSalient stimuliTask performanceAnxiety scoresDrivers of attentionEndogenous cuesDetection taskDirectional behaviorDistractorsMemoryProlonged disruption
2013
Is Attention Based on Spatial Contextual Memory Preferentially Guided by Low Spatial Frequency Signals?
Patai E, Buckley A, Nobre A. Is Attention Based on Spatial Contextual Memory Preferentially Guided by Low Spatial Frequency Signals? PLOS ONE 2013, 8: e65601. PMID: 23776509, PMCID: PMC3679178, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065601.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLow-spatial frequenciesContextual memoryAttentional orienting taskMemory-guided attentionPerceptual discrimination taskOrienting of attentionVentral visual streamMedial temporal areasAmbiguous visual stimuliLower spatial frequency signalsFrequency versionBias attentionMemory cuesSpatial memoryPerceptual discriminationAttentional benefitsDiscrimination taskTarget stimuliDorsal streamOrientation taskVisual streamTemporal areaVisual stimuliFrequency cuesMemory