2011
Markers of preparatory attention predict visual short-term memory performance
Murray A, Nobre A, Stokes M. Markers of preparatory attention predict visual short-term memory performance. Neuropsychologia 2011, 49: 1458-1465. PMID: 21335015, PMCID: PMC3318119, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.02.016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCue-related changesContralateral delay activityPreparatory attentionVisual short-term memoryMemory-based performancePreparatory brain activityEncoded itemsEncoding taskProbe itemERP markersMemory representationsMemory loadMemory recallShort-term memoryAccurate memory recallBrain activityRecall probabilityRecall accuracySpatial attentionAttention positivityPrecision of recallSpatial cuesBehavioral dataEarly attentionDelayed activation
2008
Differential Modulation of Word Recognition by Semantic and Spatial Orienting of Attention
Cristescu T, Nobre A. Differential Modulation of Word Recognition by Semantic and Spatial Orienting of Attention. Journal Of Cognitive Neuroscience 2008, 20: 787-801. PMID: 18201125, DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2008.20503.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSemantic processingWord stimuliLevels of stimulus analysisEvent-related potential analysisLexical-decision taskN400 potentialsSpatial orientationStimulus analysisBehavioral facilitationBehavioral performanceWord recognitionWord processingSemantic categoriesPotentials P1Complex stimuliStimuliNon-overlapping patternsAssociated featuresElectrophysiological effectsTaskSemantic orientationCuesDifferential modulationWordsAttention
2007
Social contact and other-race face processing in the human brain
Walker P, Silvert L, Hewstone M, Nobre A. Social contact and other-race face processing in the human brain. Social Cognitive And Affective Neuroscience 2007, 3: 16-25. PMID: 19015091, PMCID: PMC2569819, DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsm035.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFace processingOther-race face processingNeural processing of facesProcessing of facesEarly perceptual stageEvent-related potentialsImpact of social contactSocial contactStages of processingPerceptual stageStructural encodingNeural processesInfluencing social factorsSocial factorsHuman brainBrainSignificant effectFaceEncoding
2005
Modulation of brain activity by selective task sets observed using event-related potentials
Miniussi C, Marzi C, Nobre A. Modulation of brain activity by selective task sets observed using event-related potentials. Neuropsychologia 2005, 43: 1514-1528. PMID: 15989941, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2004.12.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEvent-related potentialsTask setsTarget stimuliBrain activityNeural systemsProcessing of target stimuliInfluence of selective attentionTrial-by-trial cuesTask set reconfigurationModulation of brain activityTarget processingNeutral cuesNon-wordsCue predictabilityCue presentationLetter stringsSwitching taskTask switchingVerbal tasksHemispheric specializationSelective attentionSpatial tasksParietal electrodesTarget onsetFrontal electrodes
2002
The Response of Left Temporal Cortex to Sentences
Vandenberghe R, Nobre A, Price C. The Response of Left Temporal Cortex to Sentences. Journal Of Cognitive Neuroscience 2002, 14: 550-560. PMID: 12126497, DOI: 10.1162/08989290260045800.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLeft anterior temporal poleAnterior temporal poleTemporal poleScrambled versionSemantic factorsWord orderLeft posterior middle temporal gyrusLeft anterior superior temporal sulcusPosterior middle temporal gyrusLeft anterior temporal cortexAnterior superior temporal sulcusPositron emission tomographyAnterior temporal responseAnterior temporal cortexMiddle temporal gyrusEffects of grammarSuperior temporal sulcusGrammatically correct sentencesRandom sentencesSemantic violationsTemporal gyrusTemporal sulcusTemporal cortexSentence meaningNormal sentences
2000
Covert Visual Spatial Orienting and Saccades: Overlapping Neural Systems
Nobre A, Gitelman D, Dias E, Mesulam M. Covert Visual Spatial Orienting and Saccades: Overlapping Neural Systems. NeuroImage 2000, 11: 210-216. PMID: 10694463, DOI: 10.1006/nimg.2000.0539.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunctional magnetic resonance imagingNeural systemsSpatial attentionExecution of saccadic eye movementsVisual spatial orientingVisual spatial attentionFunctional anatomical relationshipSaccadic eye movementsCovert taskCovert orientingBrain areasFrontal regionsOculomotor conditionsEye movementsVisual targetMagnetic resonance imagingResonance imagingTaskSpatial orientationSaccadesBrainAttention
1999
A large-scale distributed network for covert spatial attention
Gitelman D, Nobre A, Parrish T, LaBar K, Kim Y, Meyer J, Mesulam M. A large-scale distributed network for covert spatial attention. Brain 1999, 122: 1093-1106. PMID: 10356062, DOI: 10.1093/brain/122.6.1093.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpatial attention taskSpatial attentionAttention taskParietal cortexInhibition of eye movementsTemporo-occipital activationTemporo-occipital cortexLateral premotor cortexRight parietal cortexPosterior parietal cortexTemporo-occipital areasCovert spatial attentionCognitive controlAnterior insulaWorking memoryCingulate cortexRight hemisphereAttention shiftsSubcortical activityPremotor cortexFunctional MRIAttentional focusExperimental tasksCerebral activityBasal ganglia
1996
Cortical Activation in the Human Brain during Lateral Saccades Using EPISTAR Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Darby D, Nobre A, Thangaraj V, Edelman R, Mesulam M, Warach S. Cortical Activation in the Human Brain during Lateral Saccades Using EPISTAR Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging. NeuroImage 1996, 3: 53-62. PMID: 9345475, DOI: 10.1006/nimg.1996.0006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunctional magnetic resonance imagingSaccadic eye movementsLocalized signal increasesEchoplanar functional magnetic resonance imagingSuperior medial frontal regionsEye movementsMedial frontal regionsPutative frontal eye fieldFrontal eye fieldMagnetic resonance imagingHorizontal saccadic eye movementsSignal increaseSaccade-related activityParietal activationBehavioral tasksHuman FEFPremotor cortexCortical substratesFrontal regionsPrecentral regionSaccade taskEye fieldResonance imagingCortical activityMeasuring signal intensity changes