2023
Heading Direction Tracks Internally Directed Selective Attention in Visual Working Memory
Thom J, Nobre A, van Ede F, Draschkow D. Heading Direction Tracks Internally Directed Selective Attention in Visual Working Memory. Journal Of Cognitive Neuroscience 2023, 35: 856-868. PMID: 36802368, DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_01976.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVisual working memoryWorking memorySelective attentionOrienting of attentionWorking memory delaysVirtual reality experienceCentral coloured cueGaze biasMemory delayVisual itemsNeural circuitryMemorized locationReality experienceColor cuesOrienting responseVisual representationMemorySensory informationSpatial layoutHead movementsCuesHead orientation responsesExternal environmentItems
2021
Temporal orienting in Parkinson’s disease
Zokaei N, Gillebert C, Chauvin J, Gresch D, Board A, Rolinski M, Hu M, Nobre A. Temporal orienting in Parkinson’s disease. European Journal Of Neuroscience 2021, 53: 2713-2725. PMID: 33450082, PMCID: PMC8290223, DOI: 10.1111/ejn.15114.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpeeded-response taskPerceptual discriminationTemporal orientationIndependent group of individualsParkinson's diseasePerceptual-discrimination taskTemporal orienting of attentionMultiple stages of processingTemporal orienting effectsStream of lettersOrienting of attentionDetect target stimuliImproved perceptual discriminationStages of processingDistracter lettersTarget letterTarget stimuliTask demandsExperiment 1Experiment 2Motor preparationTask contextDopaminergic medicationTemporal expectationsAdaptive behavior
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
2016
Temporal Orienting of Attention Can Be Preserved in Normal Aging
Chauvin J, Gillebert C, Rohenkohl G, Humphreys G, Nobre A. Temporal Orienting of Attention Can Be Preserved in Normal Aging. Psychology And Aging 2016, 31: 442-455. PMID: 27294712, PMCID: PMC4976797, DOI: 10.1037/pag0000105.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBehavioral performanceTemporal expectationsRapid serial visual presentation taskTemporal orientationTemporal orienting of attentionOrienting of attentionPredictive temporal cuesYoung adultsLong temporal intervalsReaction timeNeutral cuesTarget stimuliLong foreperiodsTarget itemsVisual discriminationPerceptual functionsOlder individualsNormal agingShort foreperiodsYounger participantsAuditory cuesTemporal cuesCuesValidity benefitsTemporal intervalsBehavioral 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
2015
Preserved memory-based orienting of attention with impaired explicit memory in healthy ageing
Salvato G, Patai E, Nobre A. Preserved memory-based orienting of attention with impaired explicit memory in healthy ageing. Cortex 2015, 74: 67-78. PMID: 26649914, PMCID: PMC4729287, DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2015.10.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLong-term memoryContextual long-term memoryOrienting of attentionContextual memoryExplicit memoryOlder participantsYounger participantsExplicit memory deficitsImpaired explicit memoryExplicit retrieval tasksMemory-guided attentionEncoding of eventsVisuo-spatial attentionTarget detection taskOrienting visual attentionHealthy agingMemory deficitsBehavioral performanceContextual associationsBehavioral benefitsNeural activityVisual attentionMemoryYoung adultsOlder adults
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
2011
Behavioural Dissociation between Exogenous and Endogenous Temporal Orienting of Attention
Rohenkohl G, Coull J, Nobre A. Behavioural Dissociation between Exogenous and Endogenous Temporal Orienting of Attention. PLOS ONE 2011, 6: e14620. PMID: 21297968, PMCID: PMC3030556, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014620.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSymbolic cuesTemporal orientationEffect of temporal orientationTemporal orienting of attentionSpeeded reaction timesStrategic controlOrienting of attentionNeutral trialsBehavioral dissociationCueing effectsEndogenous orientingPerceptual discriminationTemporal expectationsIntrinsic temporal structureSpatial attentionOccluding bandCuesRhythmic cuesTask designReaction timeTemporal structureMoving stimuliPredictive natureTaskParticipants
2010
The Two Sides of Temporal Orienting: Facilitating Perceptual Selection, Disrupting Response Selection
Correa Á, Cappucci P, Nobre A, Lupiáñez J. The Two Sides of Temporal Orienting: Facilitating Perceptual Selection, Disrupting Response Selection. Experimental Psychology 2010, 57: 142-148. PMID: 20178944, DOI: 10.1027/1618-3169/a000018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExecutive controlTemporal orientationResolution of response conflictPerceptual stimulus featuresTemporal orienting of attentionEnhanced executive controlSpatial Stroop taskSpatial Stroop effectOrienting of attentionStroop effectResponse conflictStroop taskSimon taskSimon effectResponse selectionPerceptual conflictPerceptual selectionTarget onsetStimulus featuresFlankerResponse levelsTaskSimonCuesConflict
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 regionStimuliOrienting attention in time: behavioural and neuroanatomical distinction between exogenous and endogenous shifts
Coull J, Frith C, Büchel C, Nobre A. Orienting attention in time: behavioural and neuroanatomical distinction between exogenous and endogenous shifts. Neuropsychologia 2000, 38: 808-819. PMID: 10689056, DOI: 10.1016/s0028-3932(99)00132-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInvalid trialsBrain areasEvent-related fMRI studyAssociated with attentional orientingLength of delayTemporal orienting of attentionCue-target delaysVisual extrastriate cortexCue-target intervalRight prefrontal cortexOrienting of attentionAllocation of attentionTrial validityNeuroanatomical distinctionOrbitofrontal cortexPrefrontal cortexCue-targetAttentional orientingFMRI studyOrienting attentionTrial-typesSpatial tasksAssociated with activationAttentional confoundsFoveal visual stimuli