2024
Multifaceted consequences of visual distraction during natural behaviour
Kumle L, Võ M, Nobre A, Draschkow D. Multifaceted consequences of visual distraction during natural behaviour. Communications Psychology 2024, 2: 49. PMID: 38812582, PMCID: PMC11129948, DOI: 10.1038/s44271-024-00099-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMemory usageResource poolSlow visual searchVisual distractionVisual searchOverall task performanceCognitive subcomponentsVirtual reality approachExtended tasksReality approachNatural behaviorModel displayWorking memory usageEffects of distractionTraditional methodsConsequences of distractionBody movementsWorking memoryEncoding demandsTask performanceDecision-making process
2023
Memory guidance of attentional sampling, visual search, and working memory use during natural behaviour in virtual reality.
Draschkow D, Kumle L, Watt R, Boettcher S, Nobre A. Memory guidance of attentional sampling, visual search, and working memory use during natural behaviour in virtual reality. Journal Of Vision 2023, 23: 4993. DOI: 10.1167/jov.23.9.4993.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUsing regularity-based temporal predictions to shift our attentional template across time during multiple-target dynamic visual search
Williams G, Boettcher S, Nobre A. Using regularity-based temporal predictions to shift our attentional template across time during multiple-target dynamic visual search. Journal Of Vision 2023, 23: 5304. DOI: 10.1167/jov.23.9.5304.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
Right Place, Right Time: Spatiotemporal Predictions Guide Attention in Dynamic Visual Search
Boettcher S, Shalev N, Wolfe J, Nobre A. Right Place, Right Time: Spatiotemporal Predictions Guide Attention in Dynamic Visual Search. Journal Of Experimental Psychology General 2022, 151: 348-362. PMID: 34843369, PMCID: PMC8920297, DOI: 10.1037/xge0000901.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVisual searchLong-term representationsEye-movement recordingsLong-term learningExperiment 4Priming effectExperiment 1Experiment 2Spatiotemporal regularityGuides attentionParticipants' performanceElements of human behaviorReal-life searchStatic displaysHuman behaviorParticipantsDynamic environmentLaboratory settingTaskDistractorsExtended processSpatiotemporal predictionTemporal dimensionRegularization
2019
The functional consequences of social attention on memory precision and on memory-guided orienting in development
Doherty B, Fraser A, Nobre A, Scerif G. The functional consequences of social attention on memory precision and on memory-guided orienting in development. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 2019, 36: 100625. PMID: 30844682, PMCID: PMC6969233, DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2019.100625.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-social scenesSocial distractorsMemory precisionNaturalistic scenesSocial attentionSocial scenesDevelopmental cognitive neuroscienceSocial attentional biasingMemory-guided attentionNon-social distractorsEye-tracking measuresAge-related differencesAttentional biasAttentional captureCognitive neuroscienceSocial stimuliVisual searchYear old childrenDistractorsEye trackingGaze behaviorMemoryYoung adultsSocial biasesVisual scene
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
2009
Searching for Targets within the Spatial Layout of Visual Short-Term Memory
Kuo B, Rao A, Lepsien J, Nobre A. Searching for Targets within the Spatial Layout of Visual Short-Term Memory. Journal Of Neuroscience 2009, 29: 8032-8038. PMID: 19553443, PMCID: PMC6666054, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0952-09.2009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVisual short-term memoryVSTM representationsTarget itemsNeural mechanismsShort-term memoryTask goalsVisual search arrayEvent-related potentialsPerceptual arraysScalp distributionPerceptual domainVisual searchNeural activityInternal representationDegree of overlapItemsMemoryTarget objectTaskTarget selectionN2pcN2pcsSpatial layoutRepresentationFindingsFeature-based inhibition underlies the affective consequences of attention
Goolsby B, Shapiro K, Silvert L, Kiss M, Fragopanagos N, Taylor J, Eimer M, Nobre A, Raymond J. Feature-based inhibition underlies the affective consequences of attention. Visual Cognition 2009, 17: 500-530. DOI: 10.1080/13506280801904095.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDistractor devaluation effectFeature-based inhibitionFeature-basedAttentional inhibitionDistractor devaluationDistractor representationsFace stimuliDevaluation effectAffective consequencesDistractor featuresEmotional evaluationDistractorsVisual searchSearch stimuliTrustworthiness scaleEmotional consequencesStimuli
2007
Efficient Attentional Selection Predicts Distractor Devaluation: Event-related Potential Evidence for a Direct Link between Attention and Emotion
Kiss M, Goolsby B, Raymond J, Shapiro K, Silvert L, Nobre A, Fragopanagos N, Taylor J, Eimer M. Efficient Attentional Selection Predicts Distractor Devaluation: Event-related Potential Evidence for a Direct Link between Attention and Emotion. Journal Of Cognitive Neuroscience 2007, 19: 1316-1322. PMID: 17651005, PMCID: PMC2397542, DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2007.19.8.1316.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAttentional selectionAffective evaluationEvent-related potential evidenceEmotional responsesVisual search taskDistractor facesRated facesN2pc componentDistractor suppressionBehavioral measuresUnfocused attentionDistractorsVisual searchSearch taskN2pcEvaluative judgmentsTarget eventElectrophysiological measurementsEmotionsAttentionPotential evidenceEmotional linkFaceJudgmentTrials
2003
Distinct neural substrates for visual search amongst spatial versus temporal distractors
Coull J, Walsh V, Frith C, Nobre A. Distinct neural substrates for visual search amongst spatial versus temporal distractors. Brain Research 2003, 17: 368-379. PMID: 12880907, DOI: 10.1016/s0926-6410(03)00138-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSuperior parietal cortexConjunction taskConjunction of featuresParietal cortexAttentional demandsSearch taskRight superior parietal cortexNetwork of areasConjunction search taskFunctional magnetic resonanceAttention-demanding taskNeuroanatomical correlatesIntraparietal sulcusNeural substratesFrontal operculumBilateral regionsVisual searchBA7Temporal proximityStimulus distributionCortexTaskMedial regionStimuliLateral regionsBrain Activations during Visual Search: Contributions of Search Efficiency versus Feature Binding
Nobre A, Coull J, Walsh V, Frith C. Brain Activations during Visual Search: Contributions of Search Efficiency versus Feature Binding. NeuroImage 2003, 18: 91-103. PMID: 12507447, DOI: 10.1006/nimg.2002.1329.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVisual searchParietal cortexFeature bindingParietal activationFunctional magnetic resonance imagingConditions of visual searchPosterior parietal activationPop-out searchSuperior parietal lobuleVisual search taskPop-out conditionIntraparietal sulcusParietal lobuleBrain areasBrain activitySearch efficiencySearch taskOccipital areasCortexMagnetic resonance imagingBrainResonance imagingFactors of efficiencyCorrelation analysisInefficient conditions
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