Publications

* indicates that authors made equal contributions

Feature-based attention multiplicatively scales the fMRI-BOLD contrast-response function (pre-print)
Foster JJ, Ling S (2022). BioRxiv
preprint

Divided attention impairs detection of simple visual features (pre-print)
Harrison AH, Ling S, Foster JJ (2021). OSF Preprints
preprint

Working memory as persistent neural activity
Foster JJ, Vogel EK, Awh E (in press). Oxford Handbook of Human Memory (Eds: MJ Kahana & AD Wagner)
preprint

Normalizing population receptive fields
Foster JJ, Ling S (2021). PNAS. Invited commentary on Aqil et al. (2021) PNAS
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Shared representational formats for information maintained in working memory and information retrieved from long-term memory
Vo VA, Sutterer DW, Foster JJ, Sprague TC, Awh E, Serences JT (2021). Cerebral Cortex.
pdf | data and code

Temporal attention selectively enhances target features
Ramirez LD, Foster JJ, Ling S (2021). Journal of Vision.
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Covert attention increases the gain of stimulus-evoked population codes
Foster JJ, Thyer W, Wennberg JW, Awh E (2021). Journal of Neuroscience.
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Covert spatial attention speeds target individuation
Foster JJ, Bsales EM, Awh E (2020). Journal of Neuroscience.
pdf | data and code

Alpha-band oscillations track the retrieval of precise spatial representations from long-term memory
Sutterer DW, Foster JJ, Serences JT, Vogel EK, Awh E (2019). Journal of Neurophysiology.
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Item-specific delay activity demonstrates concurrent storage of multiple active neural representations
Sutterer DW*, Foster JJ*, Adam KCS, Vogel EK, Awh E (2019). PLOS Biology.
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The role of alpha oscillations in spatial attention: Limited evidence for a suppression account
Foster JJ and Awh E (2019) Current Opinion in Psychology.
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Inverted encoding models assay population-level stimulus representations, not single-unit neural tuning
Sprague TC, Adam KCS, Foster JJ, Rahmati M, Sutterer DW, Vo VA (2018). eNeuro.
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Spatially selective alpha oscillations reveal moment-by-moment trade-offs between working memory and attention
van Moorselaar, Foster JJ, Sutterer DW, Theeuwes J, Olivers CNL, Awh E (2018). Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience.
pdf | data and code

Alpha-band activity reveals spontaneous representations of spatial position in visual working memory
Foster JJ, Bsales EM, Jaffe RJ, Awh E (2017). Current Biology.
pdf | data and code | research highlight in Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Alpha-band oscillations enable spatially and temporally resolved tracking of covert spatial attention
Foster JJ, Sutterer DW, Serences, JT, Vogel EK, Awh E (2017). Psychological Science.
pdf | data and code

The topography of alpha-band activity tracks the content of spatial working memory
Foster JJ, Sutterer, DW, Serences JT, Vogel EK, Awh E (2016). Journal of Neurophysiology.
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Frontal and parietal EEG asymmetries interact to predict attentional bias to threat
Grimshaw GM, Foster JJ, Corballis PM (2014). Brain and Cognition.
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Is feature-based attention always spatially global during visual search?
Foster JJ* and Adam KCS* (2014). Journal of Neuroscience.
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