2019
Rhythmic Temporal Expectation Boosts Neural Activity by Increasing Neural Gain
Auksztulewicz R, Myers N, Schnupp J, Nobre A. Rhythmic Temporal Expectation Boosts Neural Activity by Increasing Neural Gain. Journal Of Neuroscience 2019, 39: 9806-9817. PMID: 31662425, PMCID: PMC6891052, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0925-19.2019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTop-down biasRhythmic expectancyIrrelevant distractorsStimulus processingIncreased neural gainNeural sensitivityNeural gainAlignment of neural activityNeural activityTask-relevant targetsImpairing stimulus processingAuditory discrimination taskAuditory stimulus featuresRhythmic temporal expectationBehavioral discrimination accuracyIncreased neural sensitivityNeural decodingDiscrimination taskBrain activityStimulus aspectsTime pointsStimulus streamStimulus featuresTemporal expectationsTask performance
2018
Temporally Unconstrained Decoding Reveals Consistent but Time-Varying Stages of Stimulus Processing
Vidaurre D, Myers N, Stokes M, Nobre A, Woolrich M. Temporally Unconstrained Decoding Reveals Consistent but Time-Varying Stages of Stimulus Processing. Cerebral Cortex 2018, 29: 863-874. PMID: 30535141, PMCID: PMC6319313, DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhy290.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStimulus processingStages of stimulus processingTraditional decoding approachEarly sensory areasCognitive processesNeural processesPerceptual judgmentsBrain statesTiming of statesNeural dynamicsSensory areasInvestigate learningStimuliTemporal precisionDecoding approachQuality of performanceTrialsDecision makingJudgmentTask
2002
Multiple mechanisms of selective attention: differential modulation of stimulus processing by attention to space or time
Griffin I, Miniussi C, Nobre A. Multiple mechanisms of selective attention: differential modulation of stimulus processing by attention to space or time. Neuropsychologia 2002, 40: 2325-2340. PMID: 12417462, DOI: 10.1016/s0028-3932(02)00087-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEvent-related potentialsModulation of stimulus processingStimulus processingFlexibility of attentional functionsTemporal orientationAttentional orienting taskOrientation conditionsTemporal attentionRight of fixationEarly visual componentsSymbolic central cuesOptimisation of behaviourProbability of stimulus occurrenceModulatory effectsAttentional functionsOrienting attentionCentral cuesTarget stimuliOrientation taskStimulus arraySpatial locationSpatial attentionTarget intervalIdentical stimuliStimulus occurrence