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
2019
Punishment-related memory-guided attention: Neural dynamics of perceptual modulation
Suárez-Suárez S, Holguín S, Cadaveira F, Nobre A, Doallo S. Punishment-related memory-guided attention: Neural dynamics of perceptual modulation. Cortex 2019, 115: 231-245. PMID: 30852377, PMCID: PMC6525146, DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2019.01.029.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsContextual memoryAttentional biasPunishment avoidanceMemory-based attentional biasesMemory-driven attentional biasPositive reward valueAvoidance of punishmentEvent-related potentialsOptimal perceptual decisionsResponses to targetsEarly visual processingVisual search processAssociated with successful avoidanceAvoidance associationsReward valueNeural signaturesAttention taskMotivational valueSuccessful avoidanceTarget stimuliPerceptual decisionsVisual processingPerceptual modulesNeural dynamicsElectrophysiological measurementsThe Functional Consequences of Social Attention for Memory-guided Attention Orienting and Anticipatory Neural Dynamics
Doherty B, van Ede F, Fraser A, Patai E, Nobre A, Scerif G. The Functional Consequences of Social Attention for Memory-guided Attention Orienting and Anticipatory Neural Dynamics. Journal Of Cognitive Neuroscience 2019, 31: 686-698. PMID: 30726182, DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_01379.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAttentional orientingAlpha-band oscillationsSocial distractorsMemory precisionMemory performanceSocial attentionPoorer memory performanceAttentional biasHealthy human adultsContextual memoryValidity effectDistractor typeEffect of social processesSocial scenesDistractorsNeural dynamicsAnticipatory dynamicsHuman adultsYoung adultsMemoryBidirectional chainFunctional consequencesTarget locationSocial processesAdultsConcurrent visual and motor selection during visual working memory guided action
van Ede F, Chekroud S, Stokes M, Nobre A. Concurrent visual and motor selection during visual working memory guided action. Nature Neuroscience 2019, 22: 477-483. PMID: 30718904, PMCID: PMC6420070, DOI: 10.1038/s41593-018-0335-6.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2018
Temporally Unconstrained Decoding Reveals Consistent but Time-Varying Stages of Stimulus Processing
Vidaurre D, Myers N, Stokes M, Nobre A, Woolrich M. Temporally Unconstrained Decoding Reveals Consistent but Time-Varying Stages of Stimulus Processing. Cerebral Cortex 2018, 29: 863-874. PMID: 30535141, PMCID: PMC6319313, DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhy290.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStimulus processingStages of stimulus processingTraditional decoding approachEarly sensory areasCognitive processesNeural processesPerceptual judgmentsBrain statesTiming of statesNeural dynamicsSensory areasInvestigate learningStimuliTemporal precisionDecoding approachQuality of performanceTrialsDecision makingJudgmentTaskAnticipatory neural dynamics of spatial-temporal orienting of attention in younger and older adults
Heideman S, Rohenkohl G, Chauvin J, Palmer C, van Ede F, Nobre A. Anticipatory neural dynamics of spatial-temporal orienting of attention in younger and older adults. NeuroImage 2018, 178: 46-56. PMID: 29733953, PMCID: PMC6057272, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.05.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTemporal orientationOlder adultsPosterior alphaEffect of temporal orientationBeta oscillationsEnhanced perceptual sensitivitySpatial-temporal orientationAttentional orientingPerceptual sensitivityEffect of spatial orientationOrientation taskTemporal expectationsMagnetoencephalography dataAnticipatory modulationNeural dynamicsBilateral suppressionVisual targetYoung adultsGamma bandReduced reaction timeMagnetoencephalographyVisual perceptionReaction timeCuesAdults
2017
Temporal alignment of anticipatory motor cortical beta lateralisation in hidden visual‐motor sequences
Heideman S, van Ede F, Nobre A. Temporal alignment of anticipatory motor cortical beta lateralisation in hidden visual‐motor sequences. European Journal Of Neuroscience 2017, 48: 2684-2695. PMID: 28921756, PMCID: PMC6220967, DOI: 10.1111/ejn.13700.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSerial reaction timeModified serial reaction timeUpcoming target locationVisual-motor sequencesAnticipatory preparationBehavioral benefitsBrain activityNeural dynamicsBeta oscillationsModulation of motor cortical excitabilityLateralisationSpatial-temporal sequenceMotor cortical excitabilityReaction timeComparing targetsCortical excitabilityTarget location
2016
Behavioral and Neural Markers of Flexible Attention over Working Memory in Aging
Mok R, Myers N, Wallis G, Nobre A. Behavioral and Neural Markers of Flexible Attention over Working Memory in Aging. Cerebral Cortex 2016, 26: 1831-1842. PMID: 26865653, PMCID: PMC4785959, DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhw011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRetro-cueWorking memoryOlder adultsMeasured magnetoencephalographyHigher order cognitionPerformance of older adultsOrienting of attentionWM performanceCueing benefitsWM maintenanceWM representationsMitigate cognitive declineFlexible attentionMemory precisionAttentional benefitsNeural markersOscillatory powerCognitive declineNeural dynamicsMEG recordingsMemoryHealthy agingPreservation of controllabilityRelevant itemsModel-based analysis
2014
The Neural Dynamics of Fronto-Parietal Networks in Childhood Revealed using Magnetoencephalography
Astle D, Luckhoo H, Woolrich M, Kuo B, Nobre A, Scerif G. The Neural Dynamics of Fronto-Parietal Networks in Childhood Revealed using Magnetoencephalography. Cerebral Cortex 2014, 25: 3868-3876. PMID: 25410426, PMCID: PMC4585520, DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhu271.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVisual short-term memoryFronto-parietal networkFronto-parietal activityCognitive controlTests of visual short-term memoryVisual short-term memory performanceVisual short-term memory taskDegree of cognitive controlService of memoryTrial-by-trialIndependent component analysisOscillatory brain activityAnticipatory control mechanismsTrial-to-trial variabilityMemory itemsProtracted developmentShort-term memoryCognitive processesChild variablesBrain activityNeural dynamicsTemporal independent component analysisMagnetoencephalographyMemoryChildren