2024
Neural correlates of proactive avoidance deficits and alcohol use motives in problem drinking
Le T, Oba T, Couch L, McInerney L, Li C. Neural correlates of proactive avoidance deficits and alcohol use motives in problem drinking. Translational Psychiatry 2024, 14: 336. PMID: 39168986, PMCID: PMC11339324, DOI: 10.1038/s41398-024-03039-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAvoidance deficitNegative emotionsDrinking motivesAlcohol useNeural correlatesProblem drinkingRight anterior insula activityAssociated with greater alcohol useAnterior insula activityAlcohol use motivesGreater alcohol useProblem drinking groupInfluence alcohol usePhysical painInsula activationDrinking severityGo/NoGo taskNeural underpinningsPutamen responseSocial drinkersBehavioral measuresAvoidance performanceBehavioral resultsFunctional connectivityDrinking behaviorDifferent learning aberrations relate to delusion-like beliefs with different contents
Rossi-Goldthorpe R, Silverstein S, Gold J, Schiffman J, Waltz J, Williams T, Powers A, Woods S, Zinbarg R, Mittal V, Ellman L, Strauss G, Walker E, Levin J, Castiello S, Kenney J, Corlett P. Different learning aberrations relate to delusion-like beliefs with different contents. Brain 2024, 147: 2854-2866. PMID: 38637303, PMCID: PMC11292907, DOI: 10.1093/brain/awae122.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchProbabilistic reversal learningDelusion-like beliefsProbabilistic reversal learning taskBlocked cueControl cuesBelief convictionBlock taskClinical high-risk statusKamin blocking taskSymptom-specific effectsPrediction error accountLevels of paranoiaIntact learningAberrant learningKamin blockingParanoid individualsPersecutory delusionsCue presentationReversal learningPredicting psychosisCognitive tasksBehavioral resultsDecreased learningDelusionsParanoia
2023
Diagnostic group differences and exploratory sex differences in intrinsic connectivity during fMRI Stroop in individuals with and without cocaine use disorder
Zakiniaeiz Y, Lacadie C, Macdonald-Gagnon G, DeVito E, Potenza M. Diagnostic group differences and exploratory sex differences in intrinsic connectivity during fMRI Stroop in individuals with and without cocaine use disorder. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2023, 251: 110962. PMID: 37716288, PMCID: PMC10557108, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2023.110962.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCocaine use disorderCognitive controlStroop performanceIntrinsic connectivityStroop task performanceFMRI Stroop taskDiagnostic groupsUse disordersDiagnostic group differencesMain effectHealthy comparison subjectsStroop effectStroop taskBehavioral resultsTask performanceFrontal gyrusIntrinsic connectivity distributionPrefrontal cortexAuditory areasGroup differencesBrain connectivityCingulate gyrusStroopBehavioral differencesHC group
2022
Interplay between the oxytocin and opioid systems in regulating social behaviour
Putnam PT, Chang SWC. Interplay between the oxytocin and opioid systems in regulating social behaviour. Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society B Biological Sciences 2022, 377: 20210050. PMID: 35858101, PMCID: PMC9272147, DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2021.0050.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Comparing the prioritization of items and feature-dimensions in visual working memory
Hajonides J, van Ede F, Stokes M, Nobre A. Comparing the prioritization of items and feature-dimensions in visual working memory. Journal Of Vision 2020, 20: 25-25. PMID: 32841318, PMCID: PMC7453048, DOI: 10.1167/jov.20.8.25.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVisual working memoryRetro-cueRetrospective cuesWorking memoryNeutral retro-cuesInternal sensory representationsMemory recall performancePosterior alpha oscillationsItem cuesPrioritization of itemsCueing benefitsAttentional prioritizationNeural basisRecall performanceAttentional benefitsBehavioral resultsRecall accuracyTask performanceFeature-dimensionSensory representationsItem levelAlpha oscillationsItem-basedInformation—atCues
2015
Do bilinguals show neural differences with monolinguals when processing their native language?
Palomar-García M, Bueichekú E, Ávila C, Sanjuán A, Strijkers K, Ventura-Campos N, Costa A. Do bilinguals show neural differences with monolinguals when processing their native language? Brain And Language 2015, 142: 36-44. PMID: 25658632, DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2015.01.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPicture-naming taskGroup of Spanish monolingualsPicture naming taskSpanish-Catalan bilingualsEffects of cognatesPosterior cingulate cortexReceptive language areasMeasure brain activityNaming responsesNaming TaskRight STGL1 processingLanguage networkNeural differencesCingulate cortexFMRI resultsSpanish monolingualsProcessing disadvantageNeural basisLanguage areasBehavioral resultsMonolingualsBrain activityMonolingual contextBilinguals
2014
Mutation of Dcdc2 in mice leads to impairments in auditory processing and memory ability
Truong D, Che A, Rendall A, Szalkowski C, LoTurco J, Galaburda A, Fitch R. Mutation of Dcdc2 in mice leads to impairments in auditory processing and memory ability. Genes Brain & Behavior 2014, 13: 802-811. PMID: 25130614, PMCID: PMC4241168, DOI: 10.1111/gbb.12170.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRapid auditory processingPhonological processingWorking memoryMemory abilityAssociated with specific difficultiesAuditory processingShort-term/working memoryRadial arm mazeAssociated with dyslexiaImpaired reading abilityComplex neurodevelopmental disorderArm mazeReference memoryInhibition paradigmBehavioral tasksBehavioral impairmentsBehavioral resultsReading abilityDCDC2 mutationsNeurodevelopmental disordersVisual attentionSpecific difficultiesDCDC2 geneGenetic variantsNormal intellectPreferential encoding of behaviorally relevant predictions revealed by EEG
Stokes M, Myers N, Turnbull J, Nobre A. Preferential encoding of behaviorally relevant predictions revealed by EEG. Frontiers In Human Neuroscience 2014, 8: 687. PMID: 25228878, PMCID: PMC4151094, DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00687.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-target stimuliControl cuesCue stimulusPredictable stimuliTask-relevantSustained frontal negativityEffects of target predictabilityStatistics of visual inputControl non-targetFrontal negativityTask-irrelevantPerceptual processingTarget stimuliCuing stimulusBehavioral resultsPost-stimulusTarget onsetPosterior electrodesControl contingenciesStatistical regularitiesPresentation probabilityStimuliCuesVisual inputNon-target
2008
Modelling distractor devaluation (DD) and its neurophysiological correlates
Fragopanagos N, Cristescu T, Goolsby B, Kiss M, Eimer M, Nobre A, Raymond J, Shapiro K, Taylor J. Modelling distractor devaluation (DD) and its neurophysiological correlates. Neuropsychologia 2008, 47: 2354-2366. PMID: 18930750, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2008.09.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSpatial attention can bias search in visual short-term memory
Nobre A, Griffin I, Rao A. Spatial attention can bias search in visual short-term memory. Frontiers In Human Neuroscience 2008, 2: 4. PMID: 18958218, PMCID: PMC2525979, DOI: 10.3389/neuro.09.004.2007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVisual short-term memoryEvent-related potentialsSpatial retro-cueRetro-cueShort-term memoryBehavioral resultsProbe stimuliAssociated with visual short-term memoryVisual short-term memory loadLevels of stimulus analysisTop-down attentional controlTop-down attentional biasesEvent-related potential componentNeutral retro-cuesRetro-cue trialsMemory-related functionsAttentional biasProbe itemAttentional controlOrienting attentionStimulus analysisMnemonic functionsBehavioral measuresNeural mechanismsColored items
2006
Selective Attention to Specific Features within Objects: Behavioral and Electrophysiological Evidence
Nobre A, Rao A, Chelazzi L. Selective Attention to Specific Features within Objects: Behavioral and Electrophysiological Evidence. Journal Of Cognitive Neuroscience 2006, 18: 539-561. PMID: 16768359, DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2006.18.4.539.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBidimensional stimuliUnidimensional stimuliInhibition of irrelevant featuresModulation of brain activityEvent-related potentialsDimensions of attentionIdentical physical stimuliNegative primingSelective attentionNeural processesBehavioral resultsAttentional effectsBrain activityTask performanceSpatial attentionPerceptual analysisUnpredictable orderElectrophysiological evidenceTask informationDominant dimensionStimuliNeural modulationParticipantsRelevant responsesElectrophysiological effects
2005
Discordance between functional magnetic resonance imaging during silent speech tasks and intraoperative speech arrest.
Petrovich N, Holodny AI, Tabar V, Correa DD, Hirsch J, Gutin PH, Brennan CW. Discordance between functional magnetic resonance imaging during silent speech tasks and intraoperative speech arrest. Journal Of Neurosurgery 2005, 103: 267-74. PMID: 16175856, DOI: 10.3171/jns.2005.103.2.0267.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInferior frontal gyrusSpeech taskPrecentral gyrusFMR imaging activationFunctional magnetic resonanceSpeech arrestFMR imaging studiesFMR imagingBehavioral resultsAwake cortical mappingFrontal gyrusLanguage functionHemispheric dominanceNeurosurgical planningMotor stripIntraoperative indicatorAwake craniotomyCortical mappingIntraoperative mappingHealthy volunteersImaging activityControl studyPredominant activationImaging studiesGyrusDirecting spatial attention in mental representations: Interactions between attentional orienting and working-memory load
Lepsien J, Griffin I, Devlin J, Nobre A. Directing spatial attention in mental representations: Interactions between attentional orienting and working-memory load. NeuroImage 2005, 26: 733-743. PMID: 15955482, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2005.02.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOrienting of spatial attentionWorking-memory loadWorking memoryMental representationsSpatial attentionEvent-related functional magnetic resonance imagingFunctional magnetic resonance imagingMedial frontal cortexOrienting spatial attentionDirect spatial attentionPosterior parietal cortexNeutral cuesAttentional orientingRetrieval of informationFrontal cortexMemory loadBehavioral measuresParietal cortexBrain areasProbe stimuliBehavioral resultsNeural systemsSpatial orientationInternal representationSpatial orientation functions
2003
Brain potentials associated with conscious aftereffects induced by unseen stimuli in a blindsight subject
Weiskrantz L, Rao A, Hodinott-Hill I, Nobre A, Cowey A. Brain potentials associated with conscious aftereffects induced by unseen stimuli in a blindsight subject. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2003, 100: 10500-10505. PMID: 12928498, PMCID: PMC193590, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1734039100.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEvent-related potential analysisEvent-related potential recordingsBlindsight subjectsBehavioral resultsBrain activityFrontal focusVisual eventsSubjective reportsPosterior focusAnterior focusIntact fieldConscious eventsStimuliSubtraction resultsPotential recordingsDifferential patternHemifieldBlind fieldBlindsightBrainVisual fieldInducing stimulusBlind hemifieldAftereffectsVisual phenomena
This site is protected by hCaptcha and its Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply