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
2008
Differential Modulation of Word Recognition by Semantic and Spatial Orienting of Attention
Cristescu T, Nobre A. Differential Modulation of Word Recognition by Semantic and Spatial Orienting of Attention. Journal Of Cognitive Neuroscience 2008, 20: 787-801. PMID: 18201125, DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2008.20503.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSemantic processingWord stimuliLevels of stimulus analysisEvent-related potential analysisLexical-decision taskN400 potentialsSpatial orientationStimulus analysisBehavioral facilitationBehavioral performanceWord recognitionWord processingSemantic categoriesPotentials P1Complex stimuliStimuliNon-overlapping patternsAssociated featuresElectrophysiological effectsTaskSemantic orientationCuesDifferential modulationWordsAttentionThe 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
2006
Orienting attention to semantic categories
Cristescu T, Devlin J, Nobre A. Orienting attention to semantic categories. NeuroImage 2006, 33: 1178-1187. PMID: 17011212, PMCID: PMC2651199, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2006.08.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAttentional orientingLeft anterior inferior frontal cortexFunctional magnetic-resonance imagingInferior frontal cortexSpeeded response taskSemantic analysis of wordsAttributes of stimuliType of expectancyWord stimuliFrontoparietal networkNeural correlatesOrienting attentionFrontal cortexBehavioral performanceAnalysis of wordsBrain areasResponse taskBehavioral consequencesSemantic categoriesFrontal areasOptimal perceptionSpatial orientationMagnetic-resonance imagingFunctional specializationStimuliOrienting 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 functionsChapter 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
2001
Orienting attention in time.
Griffin I, Miniussi C, Nobre A. Orienting attention in time. Frontiers In Bioscience-Landmark 2001, 6: d660-71. PMID: 11282565, DOI: 10.2741/griffin.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFlexibility of attentional functionsFrontal-parietal systemEnhanced behavioral performanceOptimisation of behaviourOrienting attentionAttentional functionsBehavioral performanceSpatial attentionPerceptual enhancementTemporal orientationHuman brainElectrophysiological experimentsEffective perceptionSpatial orientationNeuroimagingAttentionBrainTemporal informationPerceptionOrienting 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
Covert 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