2020
When Natural Behavior Engages Working Memory
Draschkow D, Kallmayer M, Nobre A. When Natural Behavior Engages Working Memory. Current Biology 2020, 31: 869-874.e5. PMID: 33278355, PMCID: PMC7902904, DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.11.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLaboratory tasksProperties of WMWM representationsWorking memoryIncreased locomotionParticipants' avoidanceEncoding durationCognitive processesEcological validityImmersive taskCognitive systemExperimental rigorGathering informationTaskTask completionMemorySensitive measureVR approachExternal informationTemporary storageParticipantsSample informationBehaviorLocomotive demandsInformation
2017
Task relevance modulates the behavioural and neural effects of sensory predictions
Auksztulewicz R, Friston K, Nobre A. Task relevance modulates the behavioural and neural effects of sensory predictions. PLOS Biology 2017, 15: e2003143. PMID: 29206225, PMCID: PMC5730187, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2003143.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTask-relevantMeasure participants' brain activityParticipants' brain activityInfluence of predictabilityGamma-band activityAlpha-band activityIdeal observer modelNeural effectsPredictive signalsTask demandsBrain activityNeural responsesTask performanceSpatial/temporal informationSensory predictionsVisual regionsBrain functionBehavioral responsesSpectral correlationAuditory regionsAuditory cuesInternal predictionsSubjects' predictionsVisual targetDiscrimination accuracy
2005
The effects of combined caffeine and glucose drinks on attention in the human brain
Rao A, Hu H, Nobre A. The effects of combined caffeine and glucose drinks on attention in the human brain. Nutritional Neuroscience 2005, 8: 141-153. PMID: 16117181, DOI: 10.1080/10284150500096994.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEvent-related potentialsBehavioral performanceSelective attentionBehavioral measures of performancePlacebo drinkInformation processingVisual selective attentionPeripheral visual stimuliVisual cortical processingBehavioral tasksP3 componentBehavioral measuresTarget stimuliBehavioral benefitsBrain activityNeural information processingCombined caffeineTask performanceBehavioral studiesMotor responseCortical processingVisual stimuliBrain recordingsMental activityDemanding tasks
2000
The dynamics of shifting visuospatial attention revealed by event-related potentials
Nobre A, Sebestyen G, Miniussi C. The dynamics of shifting visuospatial attention revealed by event-related potentials. Neuropsychologia 2000, 38: 964-974. PMID: 10775707, DOI: 10.1016/s0028-3932(00)00015-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEvent-related potentialsRight visual fieldSpatial attentionSpatial orienting of attentionCue-target intervalShifts of covert attentionOrienting of attentionAnterior scalp sitesAsymmetry of activationCue stimulusBehavioral tasksVisuospatial attentionCued locationTarget stimuliBrain activityHemispheric asymmetryCovert attentionNeural systemsScalp sitesVisual fieldPosterior scalpFoveal cueCuesAnterior regionStimuli
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