Alexander Board

University of Oxford

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Anna C. Nobre

University of Oxford

Nahid Zokaei

Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging

Marcus R. Munafò

University of Bristol

Gemma C. Sharp

MRC Epidemiology Unit

Claire Prince

MRC Epidemiology Unit

Matthew Suderman

University of Bristol

Jasmine N. Khouja

Medical Research Council

Carlos Sillero‐Rejon

University of Bristol

Rebecca C. Richmond

University of Bristol

Caroline L. Relton

MRC Epidemiology Unit

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University of Bristol

University of Oxford

MRC Epidemiology Unit

Medical Research Council

Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging

UK Centre for Tobacco & Alcohol Studies

University College London

National Institute for Health Research

NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre

University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

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Author response for "Temporal orienting in Parkinson’s disease"

Nahid Zokaei Céline R. Gillebert Joshua J. Chauvin Daniela Gresch Alexander Board

10.1111/ejn.15114/v3/response1

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Superior short-term memory in APOE ε2 carriers across the age range

Behavioural Brain Research (2020)

Nahid Zokaei Alexander Board Ellie Slavkova Clare E. Mackay Anna C. Nobre

The Apolipoprotein-E (APOE) gene is now known to be associated with individual differences in cognitive health in ageing. However, while the APOE ε4 allele confers significantly increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease (AD), the APOE ε2 allele is hypothesized to be protective against the development of AD. This is in line with neuroimaging and pathological findings associated with ε2 APOE allele, which go in the opposite direction to those observed in AD-related pathology. However, the precise impact of this allele on cognition remains inconclusive, with some small-cohort studies raising the possibility of an advantageous memory performance in these individuals. Here, we tested short-term memory (STM) performance in a large cohort of individuals, 300 of which were ε2/ε3 carriers. Their performance was compared to 554 ε3/ε3 carriers. We included participants from a wide age range spanning young, middle-aged and elderly adults. All of them performed a STM task that has previously been shown to be sensitive to subtle changes in memory in various patient and at-risk cohorts. Individuals carrying the APOE-ε2 allele exhibited a significant memory advantage, regardless of STM task difficulty and across all ages. The observed memory advantage was present across the age range, suggestive of a phenotypical effect of this allele on cognition, possibly independent of any effects of this genetic allele that occur later life in these individuals.

Apolipoprotein E

10.1016/j.bbr.2020.112918

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Investigating the DNA methylation profile of e-cigarette use

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (2022)

Rebecca C. Richmond Carlos Sillero‐Rejon Jasmine N. Khouja Claire Prince Alexander Board

EWAS of smoking (vs. non-smoking) in SEE-Cigs study (smvsnon_mainmodel.csv) EWAS of e-cigarette use (vs. smoking) in SEE-Cigs study (vapevssm_mainmodel.csv) EWAS of e-cigarette use (vs. non-smoking) in SEE-Cigs study (vapevsnon_mainmodel.csv)

10.5281/zenodo.6546469

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Data from: Goal-directed and stimulus-driven selection of internal representations

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (2020)

Freek van Ede Alexander Board Anna C. Nobre

Raw behavioral and eye-tracking datasets of experiments 1 and 2 reported in the manuscript "Goal-directed and stimulus-driven selection of internal representations", by Freek van Ede, Alexander G. Board, Anna C. Nobre

Stimulus (psychology)

10.5281/zenodo.3996588

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Additional file 2 of Investigating the DNA methylation profile of e-cigarette use

Figshare (2021)

Rebecca C. Richmond Carlos Sillero‐Rejon Jasmine N. Khouja Claire Prince Alexander Board

Additional file 2. Supplementary tables.

10.6084/m9.figshare.16696498

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Effects of working memory training on smoking-related behaviours in daily cigarette smokers

Angela S. Attwood Sally Adams Alexander Board Emma Gleave Olivia Howker

Working memory training

10.17605/osf.io/3x3uq

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Adjusting the aperture of the mind’s eye: modulation of the pupillary response by the content of visual working memory

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2019)

A De Ozorio Nobre Alexander Board Sanjay Manohar Nahid Zokaei

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Microsaccade

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Investigating the DNA methylation profile of e-cigarette use

Clinical Epigenetics (2021)

Rebecca C. Richmond Carlos Sillero‐Rejon Jasmine N. Khouja Claire Prince Alexander Board

Little evidence exists on the health effects of e-cigarette use. DNA methylation may serve as a biomarker for exposure and could be predictive of future health risk. We aimed to investigate the DNA methylation profile of e-cigarette use.

Human genetics

10.1186/s13148-021-01174-7

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Author response for "Temporal orienting in Parkinson’s disease"

Nahid Zokaei Céline R. Gillebert Joshua J. Chauvin Daniela Gresch Alexander Board

10.1111/ejn.15114/v2/response1

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Goal-directed and stimulus-driven selection of internal representations

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2020)

Freek van Ede Alexander Board Anna C. Nobre

Significance Everyday behavior relies on continuously selecting relevant information from the external environment as well as from internal representations in working memory. In describing the selection of external objects, a longstanding distinction is proposed between goal-directed (voluntary) and stimulus-driven (involuntary) sources of attentional selection. We voluntarily attend to things that are relevant to our goals, but our attention may also be captured involuntarily by salient events in the external world. Yet despite decades of research on how these two sources guide our perception (external selection), to date no study has examined whether and how these two sources jointly influence the selection of internal memory representations. With innovative experimental manipulations and behavioral markers of internal selection, we fill this important gap.

Stimulus (psychology)

10.1073/pnas.2013432117

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