2024
Neural dynamics of shifting attention between perception and working-memory contents
Gresch D, Boettcher S, Gohil C, van Ede F, Nobre A. Neural dynamics of shifting attention between perception and working-memory contents. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2024, 121: e2406061121. PMID: 39536078, PMCID: PMC11588118, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2406061121.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAttention shiftsBrain activityNeural dynamicsPatterns of human brain activityWorking-memory taskWorking-memory contentsVisual contentInternal memory representationsWorking memoryMemory representationsSequential cuesHuman brain activityMultivariate decodingAlpha lateralizationSpatial attentionNeural statesCuesSensory environmentEveryday tasksTaskPerceptionCombined perceptionAttentionAlternative domainsMagnetoencephalography
2020
Temporal Expectations Prepare Visual Working Memory for Behavior
Jin W, Nobre A, van Ede F. Temporal Expectations Prepare Visual Working Memory for Behavior. Journal Of Cognitive Neuroscience 2020, 32: 2320-2332. PMID: 32897120, PMCID: PMC8357348, DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_01626.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVisual working memoryWorking memoryTemporal expectationsTask demandsContext of working memoryWorking memory retentionAnticipated task demandsChange-detection taskContralateral delay activityMemory-guided behaviorInfluence of temporal expectationEEG signaturesAlpha activityAlpha lateralizationMemory retentionElectrophysiological markersBehavioral performanceDelayed activationEEG measuresEEGMemoryAlpha
2011
Indexing 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