2023
Heading Direction Tracks Internally Directed Selective Attention in Visual Working Memory
Thom J, Nobre A, van Ede F, Draschkow D. Heading Direction Tracks Internally Directed Selective Attention in Visual Working Memory. Journal Of Cognitive Neuroscience 2023, 35: 856-868. PMID: 36802368, DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_01976.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVisual working memoryWorking memorySelective attentionOrienting of attentionWorking memory delaysVirtual reality experienceCentral coloured cueGaze biasMemory delayVisual itemsNeural circuitryMemorized locationReality experienceColor cuesOrienting responseVisual representationMemorySensory informationSpatial layoutHead movementsCuesHead orientation responsesExternal environmentItems
2022
Opening Questions in Visual Working Memory
Nobre A. Opening Questions in Visual Working Memory. Journal Of Cognitive Neuroscience 2022, 35: 49-59. PMID: 36166312, PMCID: PMC9832369, DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_01920.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTurning Attention Inside Out: How Working Memory Serves Behavior
van Ede F, Nobre A. Turning Attention Inside Out: How Working Memory Serves Behavior. Annual Review Of Psychology 2022, 74: 137-165. PMID: 35961038, DOI: 10.1146/annurev-psych-021422-041757.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFunctional but not obligatory link between microsaccades and neural modulation by covert spatial attention
Liu B, Nobre A, van Ede F. Functional but not obligatory link between microsaccades and neural modulation by covert spatial attention. Nature Communications 2022, 13: 3503. PMID: 35715471, PMCID: PMC9205986, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-31217-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCompared to trialsSpatial attentionCovert spatial attentionModulation of alpha activityVisual working memoryModulation of neural activitySpatial modulationNeural modulationEEG alpha activityAlpha activityWorking memoryNeural signaturesNeural activityDirectional biasMemorised locationEye movementsFixational eye movementsMicrosaccades
2021
Toward a neurobiology of internal selective attention
van Ede F, Nobre A. Toward a neurobiology of internal selective attention. Trends In Neurosciences 2021, 44: 513-515. PMID: 33992457, DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2021.04.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOutput planning at the input stage in visual working memory
Boettcher S, Gresch D, Nobre A, van Ede F. Output planning at the input stage in visual working memory. Science Advances 2021, 7: eabe8212. PMID: 33762341, PMCID: PMC7990334, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abe8212.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Temporal Expectations Prepare Visual Working Memory for Behavior
Jin W, Nobre A, van Ede F. Temporal Expectations Prepare Visual Working Memory for Behavior. Journal Of Cognitive Neuroscience 2020, 32: 2320-2332. PMID: 32897120, PMCID: PMC8357348, DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_01626.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVisual working memoryWorking memoryTemporal expectationsTask demandsContext of working memoryWorking memory retentionAnticipated task demandsChange-detection taskContralateral delay activityMemory-guided behaviorInfluence of temporal expectationEEG signaturesAlpha activityAlpha lateralizationMemory retentionElectrophysiological markersBehavioral performanceDelayed activationEEG measuresEEGMemoryAlphaGoal-directed and stimulus-driven selection of internal representations
van Ede F, Board A, Nobre A. Goal-directed and stimulus-driven selection of internal representations. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2020, 117: 24590-24598. PMID: 32929036, PMCID: PMC7533705, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2013432117.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGoal-directedWorking memoryInternal representationInfluence memory performanceVisual working memoryMemory-guided behaviorGuidance of attentionInternal memory representationsStimulus-driven factorsStimulus-driven selectionRelevant sensory informationMemory representationsMemory performanceSelection of relevant sensory informationGaze biasStimulus-drivenAdaptive behaviorMemorySensory informationStimuliComparing the prioritization of items and feature-dimensions in visual working memory
Hajonides J, van Ede F, Stokes M, Nobre A. Comparing the prioritization of items and feature-dimensions in visual working memory. Journal Of Vision 2020, 20: 25-25. PMID: 32841318, PMCID: PMC7453048, DOI: 10.1167/jov.20.8.25.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVisual working memoryRetro-cueRetrospective cuesWorking memoryNeutral retro-cuesInternal sensory representationsMemory recall performancePosterior alpha oscillationsItem cuesPrioritization of itemsCueing benefitsAttentional prioritizationNeural basisRecall performanceAttentional benefitsBehavioral resultsRecall accuracyTask performanceFeature-dimensionSensory representationsItem levelAlpha oscillationsItem-basedInformation—atCues
2019
Modulation of the pupillary response by the content of visual working memory
Zokaei N, Board A, Manohar S, Nobre A. Modulation of the pupillary response by the content of visual working memory. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2019, 116: 22802-22810. PMID: 31636213, PMCID: PMC6842592, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1909959116.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWorking memoryContents of visual working memoryInternal shifts of attentionVisual stimuliStimulus brightnessPupillary responseWorking-memory taskVisual working memoryTop-down modulationShifts of attentionPupil responseTop-down controlRetention delayTask-relevantCognitive factorsTemporal expectationsSensory recruitmentStimuliMemoryStimulus orientationPupilsPupil diameterBrightnessActivation of sensory receptorsVisual stimulationConcurrent visual and motor selection during visual working memory guided action
van Ede F, Chekroud S, Stokes M, Nobre A. Concurrent visual and motor selection during visual working memory guided action. Nature Neuroscience 2019, 22: 477-483. PMID: 30718904, PMCID: PMC6420070, DOI: 10.1038/s41593-018-0335-6.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
Feature-based attentional weighting and spreading in visual working memory
Niklaus M, Nobre A, van Ede F. Feature-based attentional weighting and spreading in visual working memory. Scientific Reports 2017, 7: 42384. PMID: 28233830, PMCID: PMC5324041, DOI: 10.1038/srep42384.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTemporal Expectations Guide Dynamic Prioritization in Visual Working Memory through Attenuated α Oscillations
van Ede F, Niklaus M, Nobre A. Temporal Expectations Guide Dynamic Prioritization in Visual Working Memory through Attenuated α Oscillations. Journal Of Neuroscience 2017, 37: 437-445. DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2272-16.2017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVisual working memoryWorking memoryTemporal expectationsAttentional prioritizationNeural substratesBrain areasStudies of working memoryFlexible goal-directed behaviorMemory retrieval timeInvestigate working memoryWorking memory performanceGoal-directed behaviorEcologically valid contextInvestigated visual working memorySensory brain areasVisual brain areasMemory performanceLaboratory tasksNeuronal underpinningsMental representationsNeural mechanismsDelay intervalNeural implementationValid contextsPrecision judgments
2016
Temporal Expectations Guide Dynamic Prioritization in Visual Working Memory through Attenuated α Oscillations
van Ede F, Niklaus M, Nobre A. Temporal Expectations Guide Dynamic Prioritization in Visual Working Memory through Attenuated α Oscillations. Journal Of Neuroscience 2016, 37: 437-445. PMID: 28077721, PMCID: PMC5242399, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2272-16.2016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVisual working memoryWorking memoryTemporal expectationsAttentional prioritizationNeural substratesBrain areasStudies of working memoryFlexible goal-directed behaviorMemory retrieval timeInvestigate working memoryWorking memory performanceGoal-directed behaviorEcologically valid contextInvestigated visual working memorySensory brain areasVisual brain areasMemory performanceLaboratory tasksNeuronal underpinningsMental representationsNeural mechanismsDelay intervalNeural implementationValid contextsPrecision judgments
2015
ERP markers of target selection discriminate children with high vs. low working memory capacity
Shimi A, Nobre A, Scerif G. ERP markers of target selection discriminate children with high vs. low working memory capacity. Frontiers In Systems Neuroscience 2015, 9: 153. PMID: 26594157, PMCID: PMC4633470, DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2015.00153.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVisual working memoryVisual working memory performanceCueing benefitsVWM capacityNeural mechanismsSelective attentionVisual working memory capacityChildren's neural activationPosterior scalp locationsTen-year-oldsArrow cuesERP markersWorking memoryContralateral negativityAttentional selectionBehavioral performanceTemporal dynamics of selectionColored itemsN2pcNeural activityChildren's selectionScalp locationsVisual perceptionRecognition phaseAdult selection
2014
The effects of spatial proximity and colour similarity on competition between targets and distractors on visual working memory.
McNab F, Ahmad J, Mistry D, Nobre A, Shapiro K. The effects of spatial proximity and colour similarity on competition between targets and distractors on visual working memory. Journal Of Vision 2014, 14: 1378-1378. DOI: 10.1167/14.10.1378.Peer-Reviewed Original Research