2020
One Thing Leads to Another: Anticipating Visual Object Identity Based on Associative-Memory Templates
Boettcher S, Stokes M, Nobre A, van Ede F. One Thing Leads to Another: Anticipating Visual Object Identity Based on Associative-Memory Templates. Journal Of Neuroscience 2020, 40: 4010-4020. PMID: 32284338, PMCID: PMC7219293, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2751-19.2020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsContingent negative variationTemporal anticipationElectrophysiological signaturesMemory templatesProbabilistic associationsNegative variationAnticipatory mechanismsAlpha oscillationsAlpha-band oscillationsField of attentionAttentional templatesMemory cuesNeural substratesPreparatory attentionTask-relevantExperiment 2Neural mechanismsBehavioral consequencesBehavioral benefitsObject identityMotor responsePerceptual identityElectrophysiological substrateHuman electrophysiologyAnticipatory states
2019
The Functional Consequences of Social Attention for Memory-guided Attention Orienting and Anticipatory Neural Dynamics
Doherty B, van Ede F, Fraser A, Patai E, Nobre A, Scerif G. The Functional Consequences of Social Attention for Memory-guided Attention Orienting and Anticipatory Neural Dynamics. Journal Of Cognitive Neuroscience 2019, 31: 686-698. PMID: 30726182, DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_01379.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAlpha RhythmAttentionFemaleHumansMaleMemoryReaction TimeSocial PerceptionVisual PerceptionYoung AdultConceptsAttentional orientingAlpha-band oscillationsSocial distractorsMemory precisionMemory performanceSocial attentionPoorer memory performanceAttentional biasHealthy human adultsContextual memoryValidity effectDistractor typeEffect of social processesSocial scenesDistractorsNeural dynamicsAnticipatory dynamicsHuman adultsYoung adultsMemoryBidirectional chainFunctional consequencesTarget locationSocial processesAdultsConcurrent 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
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 accuracyPreparatory α-band oscillations reflect spatial gating independently of predictions regarding target identity
Wildegger T, van Ede F, Woolrich M, Gillebert C, Nobre A. Preparatory α-band oscillations reflect spatial gating independently of predictions regarding target identity. Journal Of Neurophysiology 2017, 117: 1385-1394. PMID: 28077669, PMCID: PMC5350265, DOI: 10.1152/jn.00856.2016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpatial gatingGating of informationAttentional cuesHuman brain oscillationsTarget identityFeature-based predictionsCue-target intervalVisual targetVisual detection taskFeature-based attentionUpcoming visual targetSpatial attention cuesCovert spatial attentionOscillationsUninformative cuesBehavioral benefitsBrain activityBehavioral levelAnticipatory attentionCortical regionsSpatial attentionA-bandAttended locationSpatial cuesBrain oscillations
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 judgmentsBehavioral and Neural Markers of Flexible Attention over Working Memory in Aging
Mok R, Myers N, Wallis G, Nobre A. Behavioral and Neural Markers of Flexible Attention over Working Memory in Aging. Cerebral Cortex 2016, 26: 1831-1842. PMID: 26865653, PMCID: PMC4785959, DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhw011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRetro-cueWorking memoryOlder adultsMeasured magnetoencephalographyHigher order cognitionPerformance of older adultsOrienting of attentionWM performanceCueing benefitsWM maintenanceWM representationsMitigate cognitive declineFlexible attentionMemory precisionAttentional benefitsNeural markersOscillatory powerCognitive declineNeural dynamicsMEG recordingsMemoryHealthy agingPreservation of controllabilityRelevant itemsModel-based analysis
2015
Frontoparietal and Cingulo-opercular Networks Play Dissociable Roles in Control of Working Memory
Wallis G, Stokes M, Cousijn H, Woolrich M, Nobre A. Frontoparietal and Cingulo-opercular Networks Play Dissociable Roles in Control of Working Memory. Journal Of Cognitive Neuroscience 2015, 27: 2019-2034. PMID: 26042457, DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00838.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsControl of working memoryCingulo-opercular networkFrontoparietal networkTop-down modulation of activityFrontoparietal network activityModulation of alpha activityTop-down modulationDynamics of cortical activityModulation of activityTop-down controlNetwork activityCognitive controlWorking memoryDissociative roleFMRI studyPreparatory attentionSpatial cuesCortical activitySensory cortexRetrocueMemoryCortexRelevant itemsAlpha activityMaintenance periodTemporal Dynamics of Attention during Encoding versus Maintenance of Working Memory: Complementary Views from Event-related Potentials and Alpha-band Oscillations
Myers N, Walther L, Wallis G, Stokes M, Nobre A. Temporal Dynamics of Attention during Encoding versus Maintenance of Working Memory: Complementary Views from Event-related Potentials and Alpha-band Oscillations. Journal Of Cognitive Neuroscience 2015, 27: 492-508. PMID: 25244118, PMCID: PMC4678590, DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00727.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVisual WM taskWorking memoryWM taskMaintenance of working memoryTemporal dynamics of attentionFrontoparietal control networkPatterns of ERPsEvent-related potentialsShifts of attentionDynamics of attentionAlpha-band lateralizationAlpha-band oscillationsAttention-guiding cuesERP profileERP patternsTarget anticipationRobust lateralizationUpcoming informationCue conditionCue typesRecall performanceProcessing differencesRetrocueAnticipatory attentionStimulus anticipation
2014
Oscillatory Brain State Predicts Variability in Working Memory
Myers N, Stokes M, Walther L, Nobre A. Oscillatory Brain State Predicts Variability in Working Memory. Journal Of Neuroscience 2014, 34: 7735-7743. PMID: 24899697, PMCID: PMC4044240, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.4741-13.2014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWorking memoryTrial-by-trial fluctuationsAlpha oscillationsVisual WM taskPosterior alpha oscillationsWM-guided behaviourTrial to trialVisual WMWM taskAlpha-band activityMemory accuracyStimulus encodingMemorized itemsMemory recallState-dependent processesPrestimulus stateVisual cognitionBand activityVisual evoked responsesNeural excitabilityModel-based analysisMemoryCortical excitabilityCapacity limitsEvoked responsesInter- and intra-individual variability in alpha peak frequency
Haegens S, Cousijn H, Wallis G, Harrison P, Nobre A. Inter- and intra-individual variability in alpha peak frequency. NeuroImage 2014, 92: 46-55. PMID: 24508648, PMCID: PMC4013551, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.01.049.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlpha peak frequencyAlpha rhythmVisual stimulation conditionsN-back working memory paradigmHealthy human subjectsBeta peak frequencyWorking memory paradigmN-back paradigmN-back taskBetween-subject SDIncreased cognitive demandsAlpha frequency bandPassive visual stimulationPeak frequencyElectrophysiological evidenceIntra-individual variabilityMemory paradigmParietal cortexCognitive processesBrain activityPosterior regionCognitive demandsAlpha activityStimulation conditionsOccipital sources
2012
Effects of Decision Variables and Intraparietal Stimulation on Sensorimotor Oscillatory Activity in the Human Brain
Gould I, Nobre A, Wyart V, Rushworth M. Effects of Decision Variables and Intraparietal Stimulation on Sensorimotor Oscillatory Activity in the Human Brain. Journal Of Neuroscience 2012, 32: 13805-13818. PMID: 23035092, PMCID: PMC3491879, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2200-12.2012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProbabilistic reasoning tasksParticipants integrated informationBeta band activityCue processingCue stimulusIntraparietal sulcusReasoning tasksSensorimotor cortexOscillatory activityCuesHuman brainMotor cortexUpdate signalCortexSensorimotorExecution choicesBeta bandSensorimotor oscillatory activityDecision makingBrainObservation cuesSulcusStimuliTaskLateralization
2011
Alpha Oscillations Related to Anticipatory Attention Follow Temporal Expectations
Rohenkohl G, Nobre A. Alpha Oscillations Related to Anticipatory Attention Follow Temporal Expectations. Journal Of Neuroscience 2011, 31: 14076-14084. PMID: 21976492, PMCID: PMC4235253, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3387-11.2011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTemporal expectationsAlpha-band activityTarget stimuliOscillatory alpha-band activityAlpha desynchronizationCortical excitabilityRegulate cortical excitabilityEvent-related potentialsRegulate excitabilityTask-relevant eventsOscillatory brain activityExcitationPerceptual discriminationOcclusion periodBrain activitySpatial attentionSpatial expectationsAlpha oscillationsEnhancement of processesTime courseBandOccluding bandAlpha bandVisual areasOscillationsIndexing the graded allocation of visuospatial attention using anticipatory alpha oscillations
Gould I, Rushworth M, Nobre A. Indexing the graded allocation of visuospatial attention using anticipatory alpha oscillations. Journal Of Neurophysiology 2011, 105: 1318-1326. PMID: 21228304, PMCID: PMC3074422, DOI: 10.1152/jn.00653.2010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAllocation of visuospatial attentionVisuospatial attentionAssociated with response preparationEvent-related potential measuresPredictive of behavioral performanceTime-frequency analysis of EEG dataSpatial certaintyAlpha oscillationsLateralization of alpha-band activityCue-target intervalProcessing of targetsTop-down controlAlpha-band activityAnalysis of EEG dataAttentional goalsBehavioral performanceResponse preparationOccipitoparietal cortexNeural mechanismsAlpha lateralizationAlpha modulationReaction timeBeta bandLateralizationEEG data
2004
Sub-second “temporal attention” modulates alpha rhythms. A high-resolution EEG study
Babiloni C, Miniussi C, Babiloni F, Carducci F, Cincotti F, Del Percio C, Sirello G, Fracassi C, Nobre A, Rossini P. Sub-second “temporal attention” modulates alpha rhythms. A high-resolution EEG study. Brain Research 2004, 19: 259-268. PMID: 15062863, DOI: 10.1016/j.cogbrainres.2003.12.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlpha rhythmVisual go stimulusNo significant differenceEvent-related desynchronization/synchronizationLeft finger movementsSignificant differenceTemporal attentionSurface Laplacian estimationS1-S2 paradigmVisuo-motor processingLong conditionPosterior parietal areasCortical hemisphereGo stimuliRhythmAttentional processesS1-S2Parietal areasAlphaShort-ERD/ERSVisual cuesEEG dataForeperiodMidline