2019
Punishment-related memory-guided attention: Neural dynamics of perceptual modulation
Suárez-Suárez S, Holguín S, Cadaveira F, Nobre A, Doallo S. Punishment-related memory-guided attention: Neural dynamics of perceptual modulation. Cortex 2019, 115: 231-245. PMID: 30852377, PMCID: PMC6525146, DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2019.01.029.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsContextual memoryAttentional biasPunishment avoidanceMemory-based attentional biasesMemory-driven attentional biasPositive reward valueAvoidance of punishmentEvent-related potentialsOptimal perceptual decisionsResponses to targetsEarly visual processingVisual search processAssociated with successful avoidanceAvoidance associationsReward valueNeural signaturesAttention taskMotivational valueSuccessful avoidanceTarget stimuliPerceptual decisionsVisual processingPerceptual modulesNeural dynamicsElectrophysiological measurements
2013
Temporal Expectation Enhances Contrast Sensitivity by Phase Entrainment of Low-Frequency Oscillations in Visual Cortex
Cravo A, Rohenkohl G, Wyart V, Nobre A. Temporal Expectation Enhances Contrast Sensitivity by Phase Entrainment of Low-Frequency Oscillations in Visual Cortex. Journal Of Neuroscience 2013, 33: 4002-4010. PMID: 23447609, PMCID: PMC3638366, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.4675-12.2013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTemporal expectationsModulation of visual perceptionEarly perceptual processingLow-frequency oscillatory activityEnhanced sensory processingRhythmic temporal expectationVisual cortexPerceptual processingPhase entrainmentStream of eventsSensory processingVisual processingPsychophysical paradigmOscillatory activityTemporal cuesHuman participantsHuman visual cortexSensory cuesTarget processingNeurophysiological dataVisual targetNeural computationElectrophysiological recordingsVisual perceptionElectrophysiological data
2008
Spatial and temporal acuity of visual perception can be enhanced selectively by attentional set
Correa Á, Nobre A. Spatial and temporal acuity of visual perception can be enhanced selectively by attentional set. Experimental Brain Research 2008, 189: 339-344. PMID: 18506432, DOI: 10.1007/s00221-008-1429-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAttentional setPerceptual judgmentsAccuracy of perceptual judgmentsTask-relevant dimensionIdentical sensory stimulationVisual perceptionMeasured perceptual judgmentsNeutral cuesTask-cueAlternation taskTemporal judgmentsTemporal discriminationTemporal tasksVisual processingTask setsTemporal acuityAcuity taskSensory stimulationJudgmentTaskRelational benefitsPerceptionCues
2006
FEF TMS Affects Visual Cortical Activity
Taylor P, Nobre A, Rushworth M. FEF TMS Affects Visual Cortical Activity. Cerebral Cortex 2006, 17: 391-399. PMID: 16525126, DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhj156.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFEF TMSTMS-induced effectsEvent-related potentialsFrontal eye fieldTranscranial magnetic stimulationModulation of visual activityHuman frontal eye fieldRight frontal eye fieldVisual cortical activityVisual stimuliNeural activityOrienting of spatial attentionVisual event-related potentialsVisual brain areasCovert attention taskCue periodAttention taskBrain areasBrain activityPosterior electrodesSpatial attentionEye fieldVisual processingVisual attentionMagnetic stimulation
2002
Filtering of Distractors during Visual Search Studied by Positron Emission Tomography
Nobre A, Sebestyen G, Gitelman D, Frith C, Mesulam M. Filtering of Distractors during Visual Search Studied by Positron Emission Tomography. NeuroImage 2002, 16: 968-976. PMID: 12202084, DOI: 10.1006/nimg.2002.1137.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOvert visual searchVisual searchTarget digitsPositron emission tomographyFiltering of distractorsEye movementsEmission tomographyBrain areasTask conditionsVisual processingObject recognitionBrain imagingCrowded displaysVisual cortexPrimary visual cortexVisual displayDistractorsCortexPositronBrainFoil
1998
Modulation of human extrastriate visual processing by selective attention to colours and words.
Nobre A, Allison T, McCarthy G. Modulation of human extrastriate visual processing by selective attention to colours and words. Brain 1998, 121: 1357-1368. PMID: 9679786, DOI: 10.1093/brain/121.7.1357.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSelective attentionAttention effectsFusiform gyrusHuman extrastriate visual cortexVisual selective attentionFunction of attentionPosterior fusiform gyrusExtrastriate visual cortexWord colorVisual processingNeural processingWord processingExperimental tasksStimulus colorExtrastriate cortexFocal field potentialsDifferential processingTemporal lobeVisual cortexWordsGyrusLong-latency potentialsField potentialsProcessingCortex
1994
Word recognition in the human inferior temporal lobe
Nobre A, Allison T, McCarthy G. Word recognition in the human inferior temporal lobe. Nature 1994, 372: 260-263. PMID: 7969469, DOI: 10.1038/372260a0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInferior temporal lobeFusiform gyrusTemporal lobeWord-like stimuliComplex visual stimuliAnterior fusiform gyrusVentral visual pathwayPosterior fusiform gyrusWord recognitionVisual processingStimulus dimensionsVisual stimuliVentral pathwaySemantic contextExternal worldObject recognitionVisual featuresVisual systemGyrusVisual pathwayWordsStimuliRecognitionInferior portionLobe