2023
Microsaccades transiently lateralise EEG alpha activity
Liu B, Nobre A, van Ede F. Microsaccades transiently lateralise EEG alpha activity. Progress In Neurobiology 2023, 224: 102433. PMID: 36907349, PMCID: PMC10074474, DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2023.102433.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpatial cognitionMicrosaccade directionAlpha powerPosterior alpha powerElectrophysiological brain activityEEG alpha powerAlpha activityWorking memoryBrain activityVisual attentionAttempted fixationEye movementsHuman spatial cognitionCognitionSpontaneous fluctuationsMicrosaccadesInvoluntary eye movementsCanonical signatureAlpha
2022
Functional but not obligatory link between microsaccades and neural modulation by covert spatial attention
Liu B, Nobre A, van Ede F. Functional but not obligatory link between microsaccades and neural modulation by covert spatial attention. Nature Communications 2022, 13: 3503. PMID: 35715471, PMCID: PMC9205986, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-31217-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCompared to trialsSpatial attentionCovert spatial attentionModulation of alpha activityVisual working memoryModulation of neural activitySpatial modulationNeural modulationEEG alpha activityAlpha activityWorking memoryNeural signaturesNeural activityDirectional biasMemorised locationEye movementsFixational eye movementsMicrosaccadesRight Place, Right Time: Spatiotemporal Predictions Guide Attention in Dynamic Visual Search
Boettcher S, Shalev N, Wolfe J, Nobre A. Right Place, Right Time: Spatiotemporal Predictions Guide Attention in Dynamic Visual Search. Journal Of Experimental Psychology General 2022, 151: 348-362. PMID: 34843369, PMCID: PMC8920297, DOI: 10.1037/xge0000901.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVisual searchLong-term representationsEye-movement recordingsLong-term learningExperiment 4Priming effectExperiment 1Experiment 2Spatiotemporal regularityGuides attentionParticipants' performanceElements of human behaviorReal-life searchStatic displaysHuman behaviorParticipantsDynamic environmentLaboratory settingTaskDistractorsExtended processSpatiotemporal predictionTemporal dimensionRegularization
2016
The functional consequences of social distraction: Attention and memory for complex scenes
Doherty B, Patai E, Duta M, Nobre A, Scerif G. The functional consequences of social distraction: Attention and memory for complex scenes. Cognition 2016, 158: 215-223. PMID: 27842274, DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2016.10.015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-social distractorsSocial anxietyMemory precisionSocial stimuliLow-level visual salienceSocial distractionIndividual-difference measuresEye-tracking methodologyTarget locationAttentional captureAutistic traitsSocial scenesVisual attentionAttentional statusCognitive scientistsEye trackingMemoryDistractorsAnxietyVisual saliencyStimuliDistractionFunctional consequencesSalienceAttention
2014
‘Can you look me in the face?’ Short-term SSRI Administration Reverts Avoidant Ocular Face Exploration in Subjects at Risk for Psychopathology
Di Simplicio M, Doallo S, Costoloni G, Rohenkohl G, Nobre A, Harmer C. ‘Can you look me in the face?’ Short-term SSRI Administration Reverts Avoidant Ocular Face Exploration in Subjects at Risk for Psychopathology. Neuropsychopharmacology 2014, 39: 3059-3066. PMID: 25035080, PMCID: PMC4229577, DOI: 10.1038/npp.2014.159.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAnalysis of VarianceAntisocial Personality DisorderCitalopramDiscrimination, PsychologicalDouble-Blind MethodEye MovementsFacial ExpressionFemaleHumansMalePersonality InventoryPsychiatric Status Rating ScalesRecognition, PsychologySelective Serotonin Reuptake InhibitorsStatistics as TopicSurveys and QuestionnairesVisual Analog ScaleYoung AdultConceptsFacial stimuliOcular explorationStudy 2Study 1Serotonin reuptake inhibitor citalopramRecognition of positive emotionsReduced eye gazeEysenck Personality QuestionnaireReuptake inhibitor citalopramLow neuroticism scoresNegative facial expressionsEye gaze movementsDouble-blind designHappy facesSSRI administrationFear expressionHigh neuroticismInhibitor citalopramPersonality QuestionnaireNeuroticism scoresEmotional stimuliInterpersonal difficultiesFace stimuliSocial stimuliFace exploration
2002
Watching where you look: modulation of visual processing of foveal stimuli by spatial attention
Miniussi C, Rao A, Nobre A. Watching where you look: modulation of visual processing of foveal stimuli by spatial attention. Neuropsychologia 2002, 40: 2448-2460. PMID: 12417472, DOI: 10.1016/s0028-3932(02)00080-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEvent-related potentialsSpatial attentionPattern of hemispheric asymmetryCentral stimulusRight hemisphere dominanceAnalysis of stimuliFoveal stimuliHemispheric dominancePerceptual processingBehavioral measuresBrain areasExtrastriate visual areasHemispheric asymmetryPerceptual analysisVisual areasStimuliPeripheral stimuliCenter of gazeVolunteer participantsAttentionBrainParticipantsGazeFindings
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
1994
Qualitative mapping of cerebral blood flow and functional localization with echo-planar MR imaging and signal targeting with alternating radio frequency.
Edelman R, Siewert B, Darby D, Thangaraj V, Nobre A, Mesulam M, Warach S. Qualitative mapping of cerebral blood flow and functional localization with echo-planar MR imaging and signal targeting with alternating radio frequency. Radiology 1994, 192: 513-20. PMID: 8029425, DOI: 10.1148/radiology.192.2.8029425.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCerebral blood flowMaps of cerebral blood flowRadio-frequency pulsesBlood flowCortical gray matter ribbonCerebral blood flow changesEcho-planar MR imagingCortical enhancementPrimary visual cortexSignal intensity increaseInflow timeEcho-planar imagingGray matter ribbonNoninvasive meansMR imagingMotor stripPig modelInversion pulseArterial spinCortical activityVisual cortexDistal portionIntensity increasesPulseEye movements