2011
Indexing the graded allocation of visuospatial attention using anticipatory alpha oscillations
Gould I, Rushworth M, Nobre A. Indexing the graded allocation of visuospatial attention using anticipatory alpha oscillations. Journal Of Neurophysiology 2011, 105: 1318-1326. PMID: 21228304, PMCID: PMC3074422, DOI: 10.1152/jn.00653.2010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAllocation of visuospatial attentionVisuospatial attentionAssociated with response preparationEvent-related potential measuresPredictive of behavioral performanceTime-frequency analysis of EEG dataSpatial certaintyAlpha oscillationsLateralization of alpha-band activityCue-target intervalProcessing of targetsTop-down controlAlpha-band activityAnalysis of EEG dataAttentional goalsBehavioral performanceResponse preparationOccipitoparietal cortexNeural mechanismsAlpha lateralizationAlpha modulationReaction timeBeta bandLateralizationEEG data
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