2025
Focusing attention in working and long-term memory through dissociable mechanisms
Gong D, Draschkow D, Nobre A. Focusing attention in working and long-term memory through dissociable mechanisms. Nature Communications 2025, 16: 4126. PMID: 40319062, PMCID: PMC12049562, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-59359-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLong-term memoryWorking memoryPerceptual tasksLTM representationsSpatial working memoryMemory typesSensory information processingAttentional orientingAttentional prioritizationMemory itemsHealthy young adultsGaze biasAttentional cuesVisual discriminationVisual stimuliItem matchingEye trackingInformation processingBenefit performanceYoung adultsMemoryGaze shiftsNon-spatialTaskItems
2016
Temporal Orienting of Attention Can Be Preserved in Normal Aging
Chauvin J, Gillebert C, Rohenkohl G, Humphreys G, Nobre A. Temporal Orienting of Attention Can Be Preserved in Normal Aging. Psychology And Aging 2016, 31: 442-455. PMID: 27294712, PMCID: PMC4976797, DOI: 10.1037/pag0000105.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBehavioral performanceTemporal expectationsRapid serial visual presentation taskTemporal orientationTemporal orienting of attentionOrienting of attentionPredictive temporal cuesYoung adultsLong temporal intervalsReaction timeNeutral cuesTarget stimuliLong foreperiodsTarget itemsVisual discriminationPerceptual functionsOlder individualsNormal agingShort foreperiodsYounger participantsAuditory cuesTemporal cuesCuesValidity benefitsTemporal intervals
2014
Combining spatial and temporal expectations to improve visual perception
Rohenkohl G, Gould I, Pessoa J, Nobre A. Combining spatial and temporal expectations to improve visual perception. Journal Of Vision 2014, 14: 8-8. PMID: 24722562, PMCID: PMC3983934, DOI: 10.1167/14.4.8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTemporal expectationsSpatial expectationsSymbolic arrow cuesEarly perceptual stageGoal-relevant eventsPerceptual information processingEnhanced visual discriminationArrow cuesPerceptual stageVisual discriminationPerceptual functionsUnattended locationsPsychophysical tasksPerceptual benefitsTarget eventInformation processingVisual perceptionModulatory effectsImprove visual perceptionSpatial locationTarget locationReceptive-field propertiesTarget appearanceExpectationsPerception
2011
Mutation of the dyslexia‐associated gene Dcdc2 impairs LTM and visuo‐spatial performance in mice
Gabel L, Marin I, LoTurco J, Che A, Murphy C, Manglani M, Kass S. Mutation of the dyslexia‐associated gene Dcdc2 impairs LTM and visuo‐spatial performance in mice. Genes Brain & Behavior 2011, 10: 868-875. PMID: 21883923, PMCID: PMC3212622, DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183x.2011.00727.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReading disordersMemory deficitsDCDC2 mutationsVisuo-spatial memory deficitsLong-term memory deficitsDevelopmental reading disordersVisuo-spatial learningVisuo-spatial performanceAnxiety phenotypeMemory taskLearning impairmentBehavioral deficitsBehavioral measuresNeural mechanismsCognitive abilitiesMutant miceVisual discriminationVisual attentionSchool age childrenDCDC2DeficitsAge childrenGenetic association studiesHomozygous mutationADHDDorsal Striatal D2-Like Receptor Availability Covaries with Sensitivity to Positive Reinforcement during Discrimination Learning
Groman SM, Lee B, London ED, Mandelkern MA, James AS, Feiler K, Rivera R, Dahlbom M, Sossi V, Vandervoort E, Jentsch JD. Dorsal Striatal D2-Like Receptor Availability Covaries with Sensitivity to Positive Reinforcement during Discrimination Learning. Journal Of Neuroscience 2011, 31: 7291-7299. PMID: 21593313, PMCID: PMC3114883, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0363-11.2011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLike receptor availabilityIndividual differencesDiscrimination learningBehavioral flexibilitySpecific neurocognitive mechanismsVisual discrimination problemsBehavioral sensitivityReceptor availabilityNeurocognitive mechanismsReward sensitivityBehavioral performanceNeural mechanismsVisual discriminationNeuropsychiatric disordersPositive reinforcementReversal phaseEnvironmental contingenciesThree-choiceNumber of trialsPhenotypic dimensionsPsychiatric conditionsFeedback sensitivityLearningElectrophysiological findingsDisorders
2007
Dopamine D2/D3 Receptors Play a Specific Role in the Reversal of a Learned Visual Discrimination in Monkeys
Lee B, Groman S, London ED, Jentsch JD. Dopamine D2/D3 Receptors Play a Specific Role in the Reversal of a Learned Visual Discrimination in Monkeys. Neuropsychopharmacology 2007, 32: 2125-2134. PMID: 17299511, DOI: 10.1038/sj.npp.1301337.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBehavior, AnimalBenzazepinesBrainChlorocebus aethiopsDiscrimination LearningDopamineDopamine AntagonistsDopamine D2 Receptor AntagonistsDose-Response Relationship, DrugMaleNeuropsychological TestsPattern Recognition, VisualPhotic StimulationRacloprideReceptors, Dopamine D1Receptors, Dopamine D2Receptors, Dopamine D3ConceptsD2/D3 receptorsReversal learningReversal sessionsVisual discriminationRetention sessionNovel discriminationD3 receptorsD1/D5 receptor antagonist SCH 23390Receptor antagonist SCH 23390Dopamine D2/D3 receptorsWisconsin General Test ApparatusD2/D3 receptor antagonist racloprideStimulus-reward contingenciesStimulus-reward associationsAntagonist SCH 23390Receptor antagonist racloprideVisual discrimination taskD2-like receptorsDopamine receptor antagonistUnique visual cuesMesocorticolimbic dopaminergic systemPhasic DA releaseNon-human primatesDopaminergic mechanismsAntagonist raclopride
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