2008
Acquisition of the Temporal and Ordinal Structure of Movement Sequences in Incidental Learning
O'Reilly J, McCarthy K, Capizzi M, Nobre A. Acquisition of the Temporal and Ordinal Structure of Movement Sequences in Incidental Learning. Journal Of Neurophysiology 2008, 99: 2731-2735. PMID: 18322005, DOI: 10.1152/jn.01141.2007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOrdinal sequenceIncidental learningIncidental learning conditionsStimulus-response sequencesOrdinal structureMotor skill acquisitionSequence of movementsTemporal structureMovement sequencesHuman participantsFacilitate learningLearning conditionsSkill acquisitionMotor skillsFinger movementsLearningTemporal sequenceAcquisition
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