2018
Attending to What and Where: Background Connectivity Integrates Categorical and Spatial Attention
Tompary A, Al-Aidroos N, Turk-Browne NB. Attending to What and Where: Background Connectivity Integrates Categorical and Spatial Attention. Journal Of Cognitive Neuroscience 2018, 30: 1281-1297. PMID: 29791296, PMCID: PMC6570400, DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_01284.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAttentional modulationSpatial attentionRetinotopic areasVisual areasGoal-relevant informationCategory-selective regionsVentral temporal cortexVisual cortexEarly visual cortexCategory-selective areasPattern of resultsAttentional goalsFeatural componentsAttentional componentsNeural basisBackground connectivityBehavioral goalsFrontoparietal areasSpatial selectionFunctional connectivityTemporal cortexSelective regionsExploratory analysisMost researchCortex
2017
Flexible weighting of diverse inputs makes hippocampal function malleable
Aly M, Turk-Browne NB. Flexible weighting of diverse inputs makes hippocampal function malleable. Neuroscience Letters 2017, 680: 13-22. PMID: 28587901, PMCID: PMC5712489, DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2017.05.063.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHippocampal functionAspects of cognitionDiverse cognitive functionsDedicated memory systemGeneral neural mechanismHippocampal computationsHippocampal representationsNeural mechanismsBehavioral goalsCognitive functionFlexible weightingMemory systemAnatomical inputsCognitionRecent researchPerceptionClassic theoryHippocampal modulationHippocampusDiverse inputsAttentionMemoryMalleabilityBroader roleRepresentation
2016
Attentional modulation of background connectivity between ventral visual cortex and the medial temporal lobe
Córdova NI, Tompary A, Turk-Browne NB. Attentional modulation of background connectivity between ventral visual cortex and the medial temporal lobe. Neurobiology Of Learning And Memory 2016, 134: 115-122. PMID: 27321163, PMCID: PMC5018439, DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2016.06.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedial temporal lobeVisual cortexTemporal lobeGoal-relevant informationCurrent behavioral goalsVentral visual cortexAttentional mechanismsAttentional modulationBackground connectivityNeural responsesBehavioral goalsPerirhinal cortexParahippocampal cortexVisual informationMemory systemSensory signalsSimilar modulationBehavioral effectsPowerful effectKind of informationCortexSuch modulationLearningAttentionFMRI