2021
Reduced cortico-muscular beta coupling in Parkinson’s disease predicts motor impairment
Zokaei N, Quinn A, Hu M, Husain M, van Ede F, Nobre A. Reduced cortico-muscular beta coupling in Parkinson’s disease predicts motor impairment. Brain Communications 2021, 3: fcab179-. PMID: 34514395, PMCID: PMC8421699, DOI: 10.1093/braincomms/fcab179.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCortico-muscular coherenceGrip strengthEfficacy of novel treatmentsMotor symptomsParkinson's diseaseMonitoring of disease progressionBeta cortico-muscular coherenceSustained muscle contractionsDisease progressionContralateral forearmHealthy control participantsNovel treatmentDisease groupMuscle contractionDiseaseControl participantsMotor impairmentParkinson's disease groupNeural markersGripParkinson's disease pathologyLong-range communicationMotor cortexSymptomsDisease pathology
2017
Temporal Anticipation Based on Memory
Cravo A, Rohenkohl G, Santos K, Nobre A. Temporal Anticipation Based on Memory. Journal Of Cognitive Neuroscience 2017, 29: 2081-2089. PMID: 28777060, PMCID: PMC5884434, DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_01172.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLearned temporal associationsLong-term memoryInfluence of long-term memoryAssociative memoryTarget appearanceTime of target appearanceEcological roleDiscrimination of targetsNeural mechanismsRetroactive functionTemporal predictionTemporal preparationNeural markersTemporal associationTemporal contingencyTemporal anticipationDynamic natureMemory
2016
Behavioral and Neural Markers of Flexible Attention over Working Memory in Aging
Mok R, Myers N, Wallis G, Nobre A. Behavioral and Neural Markers of Flexible Attention over Working Memory in Aging. Cerebral Cortex 2016, 26: 1831-1842. PMID: 26865653, PMCID: PMC4785959, DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhw011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRetro-cueWorking memoryOlder adultsMeasured magnetoencephalographyHigher order cognitionPerformance of older adultsOrienting of attentionWM performanceCueing benefitsWM maintenanceWM representationsMitigate cognitive declineFlexible attentionMemory precisionAttentional benefitsNeural markersOscillatory powerCognitive declineNeural dynamicsMEG recordingsMemoryHealthy agingPreservation of controllabilityRelevant itemsModel-based analysis
2014
Age Group and Individual Differences in Attentional Orienting Dissociate Neural Mechanisms of Encoding and Maintenance in Visual STM
Shimi A, Kuo B, Astle D, Nobre A, Scerif G. Age Group and Individual Differences in Attentional Orienting Dissociate Neural Mechanisms of Encoding and Maintenance in Visual STM. Journal Of Cognitive Neuroscience 2014, 26: 864-877. PMID: 24236697, DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00526.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVisual STMAttention negativityNeural markersMaintenance of representationsMechanisms of encodingIndividual differencesAttention positivityVisual searchNeural circuitsProspective orientationAge groupsChildrenEncodingIncome perceptionSpatial orientationAdultsN2pcNegativelyCuesPerceptuallyDevelopmentalContext of orientationAttentionItemsEEG