Encoding-related brain activity and accelerated forgetting in transient epileptic amnesia by Atherton, K, Filippini, N, Zeman, A, Nobre, A, Butler, C

“…We used a subsequent memory paradigm to compare encoding-related brain activity in patients and controls. Participants studied a series of visually presented scenes whilst undergoing functional MRI scanning. …”

Modulation of brain activity by selective task sets observed using event-related potentials. by Miniussi, C, Marzi, C, Nobre, A

“…Event-related potentials (ERPs) revealed brain activity related to forming selective task expectations, to switching tasks, and to the modulation of target processing as a function of such expectations and switches. …”

Brain activations during visual search: contributions of search efficiency versus feature binding. by Nobre, A, Coull, J, Walsh, V, Frith, C

Accelerated long-term forgetting (ALF) and the role of sleep in memory consolidation by Atherton, K

“…Furthermore, this encoding-related brain activity correlated with their long-term forgetting. …”

The tempos of performance by Shalev, N, Bauer, A, Nobre, A

“…We propose that rhythms of performance at these multiple tempos arise from the interplay among three sources of influence: intrinsic fluctuations in brain activity, periodicity of external stimulation, and the anticipation of the temporal structure of external stimulation by the brain.…”

Reward associations magnify memory-based biases on perception. by Doallo, S, Patai, E, Nobre, A

“…We combined behavioral measures with recordings of brain activity with high temporal resolution to test whether the previous reward outcome associated with a memory could modulate the impact of memory-based biases on perception, and if so, the level(s) at which visual neural processing is biased by reward-associated memory-guided attention. …”

Slow wave sleep and accelerated forgetting by Atherton, K, Nobre, A, Lazar, A, Wulff, K, Whittaker, R, Dhawan, V, Lazar, Z, Zeman, A, Butler, C

“…Therefore, contrary to its role in healthy people, SWS-associated brain activity appears to be deleterious for memory in patients with ALF.…”

The dynamics of shifting visuospatial attention revealed by event-related potentials. by Nobre, A, Sebestyen, G, Miniussi, C

“…The design enabled us to record the brain activity engaged during spatial shifts of covert attention that was independent from the physical characteristics of the cueing stimulus using event-related potentials (ERPs). …”

Biasing perception by spatial long-term memory. by Summerfield, J, Rao, A, Garside, N, Nobre, A

“…Upon viewing a familiar scene, spatial memories changed oscillatory brain activity in anticipation of the target location. …”

Effects of decision variables and intraparietal stimulation on sensorimotor oscillatory activity in the human brain. by Gould, I, Nobre, A, Wyart, V, Rushworth, M

“…We tested whether lateralization of alpha- and beta-band oscillatory brain activity over sensorimotor cortex reflected decision variables such as the sum of the evidence provided by observed cues, a key quantity for decision making, and whether this could be dissociated from an update signal reflecting processing of the most recent cue stimulus. …”

Brain potentials associated with conscious aftereffects induced by unseen stimuli in a blindsight subject. by Weiskrantz, L, Rao, A, Hodinott-Hill, I, Nobre, A, Cowey, A

“…The study is of brain activity in a blindsight subject (D.B.), who reports conscious visual afterimages of stimuli of which he is unaware when they are presented. …”

FEF TMS affects visual cortical activity. by Taylor, P, Nobre, A, Rushworth, M

“…The effects of FEF TMS started earlier and were greatest for brain activity recorded ipsilaterally to FEF TMS and contralaterally to the visual stimulus. …”

Temporal alignment of anticipatory motor cortical beta lateralisation in hidden visual-motor sequences. by Heideman, S, van Ede, F, Nobre, A

“…We used MEG to investigate spatial and temporal anticipatory neural dynamics in a modified serial reaction time (SRT) task. Performance and brain activity were compared between blocks with learned spatial-temporal sequences and blocks with new sequences. …”

The cumulative effects of predictability on synaptic gain in the auditory processing stream by Auksztulewicz, R, Barascud, N, Cooray, G, Nobre, A, Chait, M, Friston, K

“…Stimulus predictability can lead to substantial modulations of brain activity, such as shifts in sustained magnetic field amplitude, measured with magnetoencephalography. …”

FEF TMS affects visual cortical activity by Taylor, P, Nobre, A, Rushworth, M

“…The effects of FEF TMS started earlier and were greatest for brain activity recorded ipsilaterally to FEF TMS and contralaterally to the visual stimulus. …”

The Neural Dynamics of Fronto-Parietal Networks in Childhood Revealed using Magnetoencephalography. by Astle, D, Luckhoo, H, Woolrich, M, Kuo, B, Nobre, A, Scerif, G

“…We recorded oscillatory brain activity using magnetoencephalography (MEG) as 9- to 12-year-old children and adults performed a VSTM task. …”

α oscillations related to anticipatory attention follow temporal expectations. by Rohenkohl, G, Nobre, A

“…Temporal expectations have been shown to enhance visual analysis of task-relevant events, especially when these are coupled with spatial expectations. Oscillatory brain activity, particularly in the alpha band, has been implicated in regulating excitability in visual areas as a function of anticipatory spatial attention. …”

Markers of preparatory attention predict visual short-term memory performance. by Murray, A, Nobre, A, Stokes, M

“…We found that individual differences in preparatory brain activity (EDAN/ADAN) predicted cue-related changes in recall accuracy, indexed by memory-probe discrimination sensitivity (d'). …”

Auditory evoked visual awareness following sudden ocular blindness: an EEG and TMS investigation. by Rao, A, Nobre, A, Alexander, I, Cowey, A

“…We found that (1) there was auditory related brain activity over the occipital visual scalp regions starting from a very early stage (< 80 ms) and (2) this occipital activity was significantly different between "visually aware" and "visually unaware" responses in the P1 (40-80 ms) component following meaningful stimuli. …”

Preparatory alpha-band oscillations reflect spatial gating independently of predictions regarding target identity by Wildegger, T, van Ede, F, Woolrich, M, Gillebert, C, Nobre, A

“…Here, we explore this question by directly comparing spatial and feature-based attention in the same visual detection task while recording brain activity using magneto-encephalography (MEG). At the behavioural level, preparatory feature-based and spatial attention cues both improved performance, and did so independently of each other. …”