2021
Contextual vs. probabilistic learning of target locations in scenes differentially facilitate retrieval and attentional orienting
Sefranek M, Draschkow D, Kallmayer M, Zokaei N, Nobre A. Contextual vs. probabilistic learning of target locations in scenes differentially facilitate retrieval and attentional orienting. Journal Of Vision 2021, 21: 2695. DOI: 10.1167/jov.21.9.2695.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2019
The Functional Consequences of Social Attention for Memory-guided Attention Orienting and Anticipatory Neural Dynamics
Doherty B, van Ede F, Fraser A, Patai E, Nobre A, Scerif G. The Functional Consequences of Social Attention for Memory-guided Attention Orienting and Anticipatory Neural Dynamics. Journal Of Cognitive Neuroscience 2019, 31: 686-698. PMID: 30726182, DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_01379.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAttentional orientingAlpha-band oscillationsSocial distractorsMemory precisionMemory performanceSocial attentionPoorer memory performanceAttentional biasHealthy human adultsContextual memoryValidity effectDistractor typeEffect of social processesSocial scenesDistractorsNeural dynamicsAnticipatory dynamicsHuman adultsYoung adultsMemoryBidirectional chainFunctional consequencesTarget locationSocial processesAdults
2017
Temporal alignment of anticipatory motor cortical beta lateralisation in hidden visual‐motor sequences
Heideman S, van Ede F, Nobre A. Temporal alignment of anticipatory motor cortical beta lateralisation in hidden visual‐motor sequences. European Journal Of Neuroscience 2017, 48: 2684-2695. PMID: 28921756, PMCID: PMC6220967, DOI: 10.1111/ejn.13700.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSerial reaction timeModified serial reaction timeUpcoming target locationVisual-motor sequencesAnticipatory preparationBehavioral benefitsBrain activityNeural dynamicsBeta oscillationsModulation of motor cortical excitabilityLateralisationSpatial-temporal sequenceMotor cortical excitabilityReaction timeComparing targetsCortical excitabilityTarget location
2016
The functional consequences of social distraction: Attention and memory for complex scenes
Doherty B, Patai E, Duta M, Nobre A, Scerif G. The functional consequences of social distraction: Attention and memory for complex scenes. Cognition 2016, 158: 215-223. PMID: 27842274, DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2016.10.015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-social distractorsSocial anxietyMemory precisionSocial stimuliLow-level visual salienceSocial distractionIndividual-difference measuresEye-tracking methodologyTarget locationAttentional captureAutistic traitsSocial scenesVisual attentionAttentional statusCognitive scientistsEye trackingMemoryDistractorsAnxietyVisual saliencyStimuliDistractionFunctional consequencesSalienceAttention
2014
Combining spatial and temporal expectations to improve visual perception
Rohenkohl G, Gould I, Pessoa J, Nobre A. Combining spatial and temporal expectations to improve visual perception. Journal Of Vision 2014, 14: 8-8. PMID: 24722562, PMCID: PMC3983934, DOI: 10.1167/14.4.8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTemporal expectationsSpatial expectationsSymbolic arrow cuesEarly perceptual stageGoal-relevant eventsPerceptual information processingEnhanced visual discriminationArrow cuesPerceptual stageVisual discriminationPerceptual functionsUnattended locationsPsychophysical tasksPerceptual benefitsTarget eventInformation processingVisual perceptionModulatory effectsImprove visual perceptionSpatial locationTarget locationReceptive-field propertiesTarget appearanceExpectationsPerception
2012
Long-term Memories Bias Sensitivity and Target Selection in Complex Scenes
Patai E, Doallo S, Nobre A. Long-term Memories Bias Sensitivity and Target Selection in Complex Scenes. Journal Of Cognitive Neuroscience 2012, 24: 2281-2291. PMID: 23016670, PMCID: PMC4152726, DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00294.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLong-term memoryPerceptual sensitivityTop-down sources of informationImplicit contextual cueingSuperior perceptual sensitivityEnhanced perceptual sensitivityScene contextVisual spatial cuesComplex scenesPerceptual identificationBehavioral measuresContextual cuesTop-down sourcesTarget locationExperimental paradigmSpatial cuesEveryday situationsPre-exposureCuesMemoryCluttered environmentsTarget selectionSceneN2pcERP
2011
Biasing Perception by Spatial Long-Term Memory
Summerfield J, Rao A, Garside N, Nobre A. Biasing Perception by Spatial Long-Term Memory. Journal Of Neuroscience 2011, 31: 14952-14960. PMID: 22016528, PMCID: PMC6623569, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.5541-10.2011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLong-term memoryNeural activityParticipants detected visual targetsSpatial long-term memoryEarly stages of visual analysisEarly perceptual analysisStages of visual analysisNaturalistic visual scenesImprove behavioral performanceOscillatory brain activityBehavioral performanceSpatial memoryBrain activityPerceptual functionsTask goalsBiased perceptionsNovel locationsPerceptual analysisRecord neural activityHuman brainVisual targetMemoryVisual sceneTarget locationTarget detection performance