2014
Perceiving the passage of time: neural possibilities
Muller T, Nobre A. Perceiving the passage of time: neural possibilities. Annals Of The New York Academy Of Sciences 2014, 1326: 60-71. PMID: 25257798, PMCID: PMC4336553, DOI: 10.1111/nyas.12545.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2008
The Cerebellum Predicts the Timing of Perceptual Events
O'Reilly J, Mesulam M, Nobre A. The Cerebellum Predicts the Timing of Perceptual Events. Journal Of Neuroscience 2008, 28: 2252-2260. PMID: 18305258, PMCID: PMC6671847, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2742-07.2008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPerceptual predictionsPosterior cerebellumFunctional connectivityChange-over-timeFunctional magnetic resonance imagingOccluded moving objectSensory-motor networkAttentional orientingOrienting networkCerebellar regionsBrain metricsPerceptual judgmentsNeural systemsPerceptual eventsCortical networksCerebellumMagnetic resonance imagingHand movementsResonance imagingSpatial orientationTemporal-spatial modelObject motionPutamenSpatial domainPredicting changes
2007
The hazards of time
Nobre A, Correa A, Coull J. The hazards of time. Current Opinion In Neurobiology 2007, 17: 465-470. PMID: 17709239, DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2007.07.006.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2006
Orienting Attention Based on Long-Term Memory Experience
Summerfield J, Lepsien J, Gitelman D, Mesulam M, Nobre A. Orienting Attention Based on Long-Term Memory Experience. Neuron 2006, 49: 905-916. PMID: 16543137, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2006.01.021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMemory-guided attentionEvent-related functional magnetic resonance imagingSpatial attentionFunctional magnetic resonance imagingRetrieval of memoryVisual spatial orientingMemory of objectsLong-term memoryParietal-frontal networkAttention-orienting taskAttentional orientingOrienting attentionBehavioral effectsNaturalistic scenesBehavioral advantageMemory experimentsBrain areasDetection of objectsPerceptual domainNeural systemsExperimental paradigmSpatial cuesStable memorySpatial orientationComplex scenes
2005
Directing spatial attention in mental representations: Interactions between attentional orienting and working-memory load
Lepsien J, Griffin I, Devlin J, Nobre A. Directing spatial attention in mental representations: Interactions between attentional orienting and working-memory load. NeuroImage 2005, 26: 733-743. PMID: 15955482, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2005.02.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOrienting of spatial attentionWorking-memory loadWorking memoryMental representationsSpatial attentionEvent-related functional magnetic resonance imagingFunctional magnetic resonance imagingMedial frontal cortexOrienting spatial attentionDirect spatial attentionPosterior parietal cortexNeutral cuesAttentional orientingRetrieval of informationFrontal cortexMemory loadBehavioral measuresParietal cortexBrain areasProbe stimuliBehavioral resultsNeural systemsSpatial orientationInternal representationSpatial orientation functionsModulation of brain activity by selective task sets observed using event-related potentials
Miniussi C, Marzi C, Nobre A. Modulation of brain activity by selective task sets observed using event-related potentials. Neuropsychologia 2005, 43: 1514-1528. PMID: 15989941, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2004.12.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEvent-related potentialsTask setsTarget stimuliBrain activityNeural systemsProcessing of target stimuliInfluence of selective attentionTrial-by-trial cuesTask set reconfigurationModulation of brain activityTarget processingNeutral cuesNon-wordsCue predictabilityCue presentationLetter stringsSwitching taskTask switchingVerbal tasksHemispheric specializationSelective attentionSpatial tasksParietal electrodesTarget onsetFrontal electrodesChapter 42 Temporal Orienting of Attention
Griffin I, Nobre A. Chapter 42 Temporal Orienting of Attention. 2005, 257-263. DOI: 10.1016/b978-012375731-9/50046-x.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2004
Orienting Attention to Locations in Perceptual Versus Mental Representations
Nobre A, Coull J, Maquet P, Frith C, Vandenberghe R, Mesulam M. Orienting Attention to Locations in Perceptual Versus Mental Representations. Journal Of Cognitive Neuroscience 2004, 16: 363-373. PMID: 15072672, DOI: 10.1162/089892904322926700.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental representationsOrienting attentionEvent-related functional magnetic resonanceSpatial attentionDistribution of spatial attentionFrontal lobe regionsFunctional magnetic resonanceRight parietal cortexDistribution of attentionParietal cortexLobe regionsSpatial cognitionNeural systemsExtrapersonal spaceEveryday behaviorImaging researchExternal worldCognitionSpatial layoutAttentionCortexPerceptuallyNeural networkAdaptive distributionRepresentation
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 understandingOrienting attention to instants in time
Nobre A. Orienting attention to instants in time. Neuropsychologia 2001, 39: 1317-1328. PMID: 11566314, DOI: 10.1016/s0028-3932(01)00120-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAssociated with motor responsesFlexibility of attentional functionsAmplitude of event-related potentialsTemporal orientationEvent-related potentialsEnhanced behavioral performanceOptimization of behaviorVisual spatial attentionAttentional orientingBrain systemsAttentional functionsOrienting attentionBehavioral performanceBehavioral advantageNeural mechanismsMotor preparationStimulus attributesNeural systemsSpatial attentionMotor responseSensorimotor areasHuman brainBrainSpatial orientationSensorimotor
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 regionStimuliCovert 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
1999
Orbitofrontal cortex is activated during breaches of expectation in tasks of visual attention
Nobre A, Coull J, Frith C, Mesulam M. Orbitofrontal cortex is activated during breaches of expectation in tasks of visual attention. Nature Neuroscience 1999, 2: 11-12. PMID: 10195173, DOI: 10.1038/4513.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrefrontal cortexTasks of visual attentionPositron emission tomographyVisual spatial orientingBreaches of expectationInformation processing limitationsOrbitofrontal cortexStimulus associationsBrain systemsNeural systemsVisual attentionCortexProcessing limitationsExecutive rolesTaskSpatial orientationSamenessStimuliAttentionResponse
1998
Where and When to Pay Attention: The Neural Systems for Directing Attention to Spatial Locations and to Time Intervals as Revealed by Both PET and fMRI
Coull J, Nobre A. Where and When to Pay Attention: The Neural Systems for Directing Attention to Spatial Locations and to Time Intervals as Revealed by Both PET and fMRI. Journal Of Neuroscience 1998, 18: 7426-7435. PMID: 9736662, PMCID: PMC6793260, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-18-07426.1998.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunctional magnetic resonance imagingNeural systemsPositron emission tomographyCovert spatial orienting taskTemporal allocation of attentionLeft parietal activationTemporal attentionSymbolic central cuesAllocation of attentionSpatial orientation taskBrain imaging dataSpatial locationParietal activationNeural correlatesCentral cuesAttentional resourcesAttention taskStimulus dimensionsParietal cortexBrain regionsCued attentionOrientation taskBrain activityHemispheric asymmetrySpatial attention
1997
The neural system of language: structure and development
Nobre A, Plunkett K. The neural system of language: structure and development. Current Opinion In Neurobiology 1997, 7: 262-268. PMID: 9142757, DOI: 10.1016/s0959-4388(97)80015-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFunctional 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