2022
Differences in the functional brain architecture of sustained attention and working memory in youth and adults
Kardan O, Stier A, Cardenas-Iniguez C, Schertz K, Pruin J, Deng Y, Chamberlain T, Meredith W, Zhang X, Bowman J, Lakhtakia T, Tindel L, Avery E, Lin Q, Yoo K, Chun M, Berman M, Rosenberg M. Differences in the functional brain architecture of sustained attention and working memory in youth and adults. PLOS Biology 2022, 20: e3001938. PMID: 36542658, PMCID: PMC9815648, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001938.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSustained attentionFunctional brain architectureWM performanceIndividual differencesFunctional connectivityBrain architectureLater recognition memoryRecognition memoryWM modelBrain networksWMMemoryYouthAge groupsFunctional connectionsAdultsChildrenNetwork predictorAttentionPerformancePredictorsDifferencesConnectivityAbility
2021
Predicting Identity-Preserving Object Transformations across the Human Ventral Visual Stream
Mocz V, Vaziri-Pashkam M, Chun M, Xu Y. Predicting Identity-Preserving Object Transformations across the Human Ventral Visual Stream. Journal Of Neuroscience 2021, 41: 7403-7419. PMID: 34253629, PMCID: PMC8412993, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2137-20.2021.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
A neuromarker of sustained attention from whole-brain functional connectivity
Rosenberg MD, Finn ES, Scheinost D, Papademetris X, Shen X, Constable RT, Chun MM. A neuromarker of sustained attention from whole-brain functional connectivity. Nature Neuroscience 2015, 19: 165-171. PMID: 26595653, PMCID: PMC4696892, DOI: 10.1038/nn.4179.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFunctional connectome fingerprinting: identifying individuals using patterns of brain connectivity
Finn ES, Shen X, Scheinost D, Rosenberg MD, Huang J, Chun MM, Papademetris X, Constable RT. Functional connectome fingerprinting: identifying individuals using patterns of brain connectivity. Nature Neuroscience 2015, 18: 1664-1671. PMID: 26457551, PMCID: PMC5008686, DOI: 10.1038/nn.4135.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOpponent Identity Influences Value Learning in Simple Games
Vickery TJ, Kleinman MR, Chun MM, Lee D. Opponent Identity Influences Value Learning in Simple Games. Journal Of Neuroscience 2015, 35: 11133-11143. PMID: 26245974, PMCID: PMC6605273, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3530-14.2015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeural correlatesReinforcement signalRight rostral anterior cingulateHuman reinforcement learningReward-based learningBrain region activityReal-world decision makingRostral anterior cingulateSame opponentDecision makingMatching-pennies gameStrategies of participantsComputerized opponentDecision-making scenariosSuch contextual informationReinforcement learningNeural mechanismsBehavioral measuresReinforcement historyComputer opponentOpponent’s identitySubjects' strategiesAnterior cingulateSocial interactionContextual frames
2014
Neural portraits of perception: Reconstructing face images from evoked brain activity
Cowen AS, Chun MM, Kuhl BA. Neural portraits of perception: Reconstructing face images from evoked brain activity. NeuroImage 2014, 94: 12-22. PMID: 24650597, PMCID: PMC4028096, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.03.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultBiometryBrainBrain MappingComputer SimulationData Interpretation, StatisticalEvoked Potentials, VisualFaceFemaleHumansImage Interpretation, Computer-AssistedMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleModels, NeurologicalModels, StatisticalNerve NetPattern Recognition, VisualReproducibility of ResultsSensitivity and SpecificityStatistics as TopicConceptsBrain activityHigher-level cortical areasOccipital cortexHigher-level cortical regionsEarly visual cortexFace imagesTraining facesIndividual face imagesFace perceptionPerceptual informationTest faceVisual experienceVisual inputDistributed patternNeural activityCortical networksRecent neuroimaging advancesCortical regionsVisual cortexCortical areasNeuroimaging advancesRetinotopic mappingNeural reconstructionValidation measuresCortex
2005
Visual Attention in Deaf and Normal Hearing AdultsEffects of Stimulus Compatibility
Sladen D, Tharpe A, Ashmead D, Grantham D, Chun M. Visual Attention in Deaf and Normal Hearing AdultsEffects of Stimulus Compatibility. Journal Of Speech Language And Hearing Research 2005, 48: 1529-1537. PMID: 16478388, DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2005/106).Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDeaf groupHearing groupVisual perceptual skillsGreater interference effectEriksen flanker taskNormal-hearing adultsReaction timeStimulus compatibilityPerceptual skillsFlanker taskVisual attentionTarget letterDissimilar lettersHearing adultsMore errorsDeaf participantsDeaf individualsNormal hearingComputer screenParafoveal eccentricitiesInterference effectsVisual resourcesParticipantsTaskFlankersResponse-specific sources of dual-task interference in human pre-motor cortex
Marois R, Larson J, Chun M, Shima D. Response-specific sources of dual-task interference in human pre-motor cortex. Psychological Research 2005, 70: 436-447. PMID: 16283409, DOI: 10.1007/s00426-005-0022-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAttentionBrain MappingColor PerceptionDominance, CerebralFemaleFrontal LobeFunctional LateralityHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMotor CortexNerve NetOxygenParietal LobePattern Recognition, VisualPsychomotor PerformanceReaction TimeRefractory Period, PsychologicalConceptsPsychological refractory periodPre-motor cortexResponse selectionBrain activityDual-task manipulationsDual-task situationsDual-task interferenceDual-task costsInferior frontal cortexParieto-frontal areasDual-task conditionsDorsal pre-motor cortexFMRI brain activityDistinct motor responsesNeural locusSecond stimulusPerceptual visibilityMotor responseBrain regionsStimuliFrontal cortexCentral limitationRapid successionCortexSuch performance limitationsAttentional rubbernecking: Cognitive control and personality in emotion-induced blindness
Most S, Chun M, Widders D, Zald D. Attentional rubbernecking: Cognitive control and personality in emotion-induced blindness. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review 2005, 12: 654-661. PMID: 16447378, DOI: 10.3758/bf03196754.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAttentional biasesEmotional stimuliNeutral picturesHarm avoidanceRapid serial visual presentationEmotion-induced blindnessSerial visual presentationCognitive controlEmotional informationAttentional strategiesNegative picturesTarget processingVisual presentationExperiment 1Experiment 2Greater deficitsStimuliTemporary inabilityParticipantsShort lagAvoidanceBiasesProcessingPotential costsPersonalityAttentional Modulation of Learning-Related Repetition Attenuation Effects in Human Parahippocampal Cortex
Yi D, Chun M. Attentional Modulation of Learning-Related Repetition Attenuation Effects in Human Parahippocampal Cortex. Journal Of Neuroscience 2005, 25: 3593-3600. PMID: 15814790, PMCID: PMC6725381, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.4677-04.2005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunctional magnetic resonance imagingVisual informationNeural activityHuman parahippocampal cortexLearning-related changesParahippocampal place areaImportant issue concernsRepetition attenuationPerceptual processingPerceptual stimuliAttentional modulationPerceptual inputInitial encodingPerceptual experienceRepetition suppressionTask demandsMemory tracesPlace areaNovel stimuliAdaptation effectsParahippocampal cortexNeural circuitryBiological visionVisual systemAdaptive balance
2004
Neural fate of ignored stimuli: dissociable effects of perceptual and working memory load
Yi D, Woodman G, Widders D, Marois R, Chun M. Neural fate of ignored stimuli: dissociable effects of perceptual and working memory load. Nature Neuroscience 2004, 7: 992-996. PMID: 15286791, DOI: 10.1038/nn1294.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunctional magnetic resonance imagingMemory loadDissociable effectsHuman ventral visual cortexVentral visual cortexCategory-selective areasTypes of tasksUnattended stimuliPerceptual difficultiesVisual eventsNeural processingBackground stimuliParahippocampal cortexVisual informationNumber of objectsTarget taskVisual cortexBackground sceneStimuliSubject engagesFunctional blindnessTaskCortexProcessingMagnetic resonance imagingPerceptual grouping in change detection
Jiang Y, Chun M, Olson I. Perceptual grouping in change detection. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics 2004, 66: 446-453. PMID: 15283069, DOI: 10.3758/bf03194892.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2003
Effects of scene inversion on change detection of targets matched for visual salience
Kelley T, Chun M, Chua K. Effects of scene inversion on change detection of targets matched for visual salience. Journal Of Vision 2003, 3: 1-1. PMID: 12678620, DOI: 10.1167/3.1.1.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2001
The spatial gradient of visual masking by object substitution
Jiang Y, Chun M. The spatial gradient of visual masking by object substitution. Vision Research 2001, 41: 3121-3131. PMID: 11711138, DOI: 10.1016/s0042-6989(01)00218-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTemporal Contextual Cuing of Visual Attention
Olson I, Chun M. Temporal Contextual Cuing of Visual Attention. Journal Of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory And Cognition 2001, 27: 1299-1313. PMID: 11550756, DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.27.5.1299.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVisual attentionEvent identitySequential structureSpatial attentionContextual cuingVisual eventsEarlier itemsVisual worldTemporal contextTarget locationPrevious researchSpatiotemporal event sequencesEvent sequencesEvent durationAttentionRelative pointCuingIdentityParadigmItemsContextResearchEventsAsymmetric Object Substitution Masking
Jiang Y, Chun M. Asymmetric Object Substitution Masking. Journal Of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance 2001, 27: 895-918. PMID: 11518152, DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.27.4.895.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchContextual guidance of attention
Olson I, Chun M, Allison T. Contextual guidance of attention. Brain 2001, 124: 1417-1425. PMID: 11408336, DOI: 10.1093/brain/124.7.1417.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVisual cortexApical dendritesPyramidal cellsEarly visual areasModulation of activityStriate cortexVisual processingExtrastriate cortexVisual areasCortexNeurophysiological studiesFeedback modulationEvent-related potentialsEarly areasV1PatientsEarly activityLater stagesAttentive searchActivityBrainThe Influence of Temporal Selection on Spatial Selection and Distractor Interference: An Attentional Blink Study
Jiang Y, Chun M. The Influence of Temporal Selection on Spatial Selection and Distractor Interference: An Attentional Blink Study. Journal Of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance 2001, 27: 664-679. PMID: 11424653, DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.27.3.664.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAttentional blinkPerceptual interferenceTemporal selectionSpatial selectionDistractor interferenceResponse interferenceTemporal attentionRapid serial visual presentation paradigmAttentional blink studiesConcurrent distractorsAttentional processesCongruency taskPresentation paradigmSecond targetFocused attentionImpairs processingDistractorsAttentionBlinkTaskParadigmProcessingMsInterferenceAuthorsWhat are the units of visual short-term memory, objects or spatial locations?
Lee D, Chun M. What are the units of visual short-term memory, objects or spatial locations? Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics 2001, 63: 253-257. PMID: 11281100, DOI: 10.3758/bf03194466.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2000
Neural Correlates of the Attentional Blink
Marois R, Chun M, Gore J. Neural Correlates of the Attentional Blink. Neuron 2000, 28: 299-308. PMID: 11087002, DOI: 10.1016/s0896-6273(00)00104-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAttentional blinkFunctional magnetic resonance imagingFrontal cortex activationSame neural circuitsAttentional controlDistractor interferenceAttentional capacityNeural correlatesVisual eventsAttended targetParietofrontal networkCortex activationVisual informationVisual fieldNeural circuitsNeighboring targetsBlinkFunctional blindnessSevere impairmentMagnetic resonance imagingResonance imagingCorrelatesImpairmentProcessing