2016
Retrospective Attention Interacts with Stimulus Strength to Shape Working Memory Performance
Wildegger T, Humphreys G, Nobre A. Retrospective Attention Interacts with Stimulus Strength to Shape Working Memory Performance. PLOS ONE 2016, 11: e0164174. PMID: 27706240, PMCID: PMC5051714, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0164174.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWorking memoryWM performanceExperiment 2Working memory performanceRetrospective attentionWM taskWM maintenanceWM representationsStimulus contrastOrienting attentionHigh-contrast stimuliMemory performanceExperiment 3Perceptual representationsExperiment 1RetrocueLow-contrast stimuliSpatial attentionInfluence performanceStimuliSub-threshold stimuliMixture-model approachRetrospective orientationStimulus strengthEncoding
2015
Frontoparietal and Cingulo-opercular Networks Play Dissociable Roles in Control of Working Memory
Wallis G, Stokes M, Cousijn H, Woolrich M, Nobre A. Frontoparietal and Cingulo-opercular Networks Play Dissociable Roles in Control of Working Memory. Journal Of Cognitive Neuroscience 2015, 27: 2019-2034. PMID: 26042457, DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00838.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsControl of working memoryCingulo-opercular networkFrontoparietal networkTop-down modulation of activityFrontoparietal network activityModulation of alpha activityTop-down modulationDynamics of cortical activityModulation of activityTop-down controlNetwork activityCognitive controlWorking memoryDissociative roleFMRI studyPreparatory attentionSpatial cuesCortical activitySensory cortexRetrocueMemoryCortexRelevant itemsAlpha activityMaintenance periodTemporal Dynamics of Attention during Encoding versus Maintenance of Working Memory: Complementary Views from Event-related Potentials and Alpha-band Oscillations
Myers N, Walther L, Wallis G, Stokes M, Nobre A. Temporal Dynamics of Attention during Encoding versus Maintenance of Working Memory: Complementary Views from Event-related Potentials and Alpha-band Oscillations. Journal Of Cognitive Neuroscience 2015, 27: 492-508. PMID: 25244118, PMCID: PMC4678590, DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00727.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVisual WM taskWorking memoryWM taskMaintenance of working memoryTemporal dynamics of attentionFrontoparietal control networkPatterns of ERPsEvent-related potentialsShifts of attentionDynamics of attentionAlpha-band lateralizationAlpha-band oscillationsAttention-guiding cuesERP profileERP patternsTarget anticipationRobust lateralizationUpcoming informationCue conditionCue typesRecall performanceProcessing differencesRetrocueAnticipatory attentionStimulus anticipation
2012
Attention Modulates Maintenance of Representations in Visual Short-term Memory
Kuo B, Stokes M, Nobre A. Attention Modulates Maintenance of Representations in Visual Short-term Memory. Journal Of Cognitive Neuroscience 2012, 24: 51-60. PMID: 21736457, PMCID: PMC3480577, DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00087.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVisual short-term memoryContralateral delay activityTask-relevant itemsShort-term memoryVSTM representationsVisual short-term memory performanceVisual short-term memory maintenanceTop-down attentional biasesMaintenance of representationsModulation of neural activityTask-relevant informationRetrospective cuesAttentional biasMaintenance periodMemory itemsOrienting attentionMemory loadMemory delayBehavioral benefitsBehavioral goalsNeural activityRetrocueMultiple itemsDelayed activationMemory