2011
Modulation of neural activity by motivational and spatial biases
Baines S, Ruz M, Rao A, Denison R, Nobre A. Modulation of neural activity by motivational and spatial biases. Neuropsychologia 2011, 49: 2489-2497. PMID: 21570417, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.04.029.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEvent-related potentialsLateralised readiness potentialNeural activityCognitive processesTime course of information processingCourse of information processingInfluence behavioral performanceLate cognitive processesNon-rewarding stimuliModulation of neural activityAnalysis of stimuliP300-like potentialsReaction timeModulate neural activityReward trialsPosner taskCue stimulusEffect of motivationMotivational biasesBehavioral performanceTarget stimuliStimulus representationsReadiness potentialSpatial attentionSpatial expectations
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
1997
Functional localization of the system for visuospatial attention using positron emission tomography.
Nobre A, Sebestyen G, Gitelman D, Mesulam M, Frackowiak R, Frith C. Functional localization of the system for visuospatial attention using positron emission tomography. Brain 1997, 120: 515-533. PMID: 9126062, DOI: 10.1093/brain/120.3.515.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsShifts of attentionVisuospatial attentionAttention taskNeural systemsRight anterior cingulate gyrusCovert shifts of attentionPatterns of neural activityRight posterior parietal cortexAnterior cingulate gyrusLateral premotor cortexPosterior parietal cortexIndividual-subject levelRegional functional specializationIntraparietal sulcusCingulate gyrusParietal cortexTarget stimuliAttention conditionCovert shiftsPremotor cortexPeripheral cuesCortical regionsSpatial attentionNeural activityBehavioral studies