Forthcoming
Li HH, Ma WJ, Curtis CE (Under Review) Drift-like dynamics and information flow across the cortical hierarchy during working memory
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Rahmati M, Moujaes F, Suljič NP, Ji JL, Berkovitch L, Lee K, Fonteneau C, Schleifer CH, Adkinson BD, Savič A, Santamauro N, Tamayo Z, Diehl C, Kolobaric A, Flynn M, Camarro T, Curtis CE, Repovš G, Fineberg SK, Morgan PT, Preller KH, Krystal JH, Murray JD, Cho YT, Anticevic A (Under Review) Ketamine Alters Tuning of Neural and Behavioral Spatial Working Memory Precision.
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Journal Articles and Book Chapter
Woodry R, Curtis CE, Winawer J (2025) Feedback scales the spatial tuning of cortical responses during both visual working memory and long-term memory. J Neurosci, 45(17).
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Duan Z, Evans MH, Lawrence B, Curtis CE (2025) Effector general representation of movement goals in human frontal and parietal cortex. NeuroImage, 310.
[PDF] [GitHub: eye-data analysis] [OSF: data]
Li HH, Sprague TC, Yoo A, Ma WJ, Curtis CE (2025) Neural mechanisms of resource allocation in working memory. Sci Adv, 11(15).
[PDF] [GitHub: eye-data analysis] [GitHub: analysis and data] [Dryad: analysis and data]
Dake M, Curtis CE (2025) Perturbing human V1 degrades the fidelity of visual working memory. Nat Commun, 16, 2675.
[PDF] [GitHub: operating TMS & EEG] [GitHub: eye-data analysis] [OSF: data] [GitHub: figures code]
Hallenbeck GE, Tardiff N, Sprague TC, Curtis CE (2025) Prioritizing working memory resources depends on the prefrontal cortex. J Neurosci, 45(11).
[PDF] [GitHub: eye-data analysis] [GitHub: analysis] [OSF: data]
Murray EA, Averbeck BB, Badre D, Constantinidis C, Cools R, Curtis CE, Fellows LK, Mitchell AS, Murray JD, Rich EL, D’Esposito M (2024) Functional Fractionation and Integration: Physiology, Networks, and Behaviors. In S.N. Haber & T.W. Robbins (Eds.) The Frontal Cortex: Organization, Networks, and Function (Strüngmann Forum Reports, vol. 34), MIT Press.
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Tardiff N, Curtis CE (2024) Short-term and working memory. In M.D. Rugg (Ed.), Learning and memory: A comprehensive reference (3rd ed., Vol. Systems neuroscience), Elsevier.
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Master SL, Li S, Curtis CE (2024) Trying harder: how cognitive effort sculpts neural representations during working memory. J Neurosci, 44(28).
[PDF] [GitHub: eye-data analysis] [Github: analysis (forthcoming)] [OSF: data] [Science Cast] [News] [News]
Duan Z, Curtis CE (2024) Visual working memories are abstractions of percepts. Elife, 13.
[PDF] [GitHub: eye-data analysis] [OSF: data]
Master SL, Curtis CE, Dayan P (2024) Wagers for work: Decomposing the costs of cognitive effort. PLoS Comput Biol.
[PDF] [GitHub: analysis] [OSF: data]
Li HH, Curtis CE (2023) Neural population dynamics of human working memory. Curr Bio, 33.
[PDF] [OSF: data] [News] [Science Cast]
Bliss DP, Rahnev D, Mackey WE, Curtis CE, D’Esposito M (2023) Stimulation along the anterior-posterior axis of lateral frontal cortex reduces visual serial dependence. J Vis, 23(7).
[PDF] [GitHub: eye-data analysis] [GitHub: analysis and data]
Rahmati M, Curtis CE, Sreenivasan KK (2023) Mnemonic representations in human lateral geniculate nucleus. Front Behav Neurosci, 17.
[PDF] [GitHub: eye-data analysis] [OSF: data]
Zhou Y, Curtis CE, Sreenivasan KK, Fougnie D (2022) Common neural mechanisms control attention and working memory. J Neurosci, 42(37).
[PDF] [GitHub: eye-data analysis] [OSF: analysis and data] [Science Cast]
Kwak Y, Curtis CE (2022) Unveiling the abstract format of mnemonic representations. Neuron, 110.
[PDF] [GitHub: preprocessing] [OSF: data] [Review] [News] [News]
Yoo AH, Bolaños A, Hallenbeck GE, Rahmati M, Sprague TC, Curtis CE (2022) Behavioral prioritization enhances working memory precision and neural population gain. J Cogn Neurosci, 34:2.
[PDF] [GitHub: eye-data analysis] [GitHub: analysis] [OSF: data]
Li HH, Sprague TC, Yoo A, Ma WJ, Curtis CE (2021) Joint representation of working memory and uncertainty in human cortex. Neuron, 109.
[PDF] [News] [Science Cast]
Curtis CE, Sprague TC (2021) Persistent activity during working memory from front to back. Front Neural Circuits, 15.
[PDF] [Science Cast]
Hallenbeck GE, Sprague TC, Rahmati M, Sreenivasan KK, & Curtis CE (2021) Working memory representations in visual cortex mediate distraction effects. Nature Comms, 12(1).
[PDF] [GitHub: stimulus] [GitHub: preprocessing] [GitHub: eye-data analysis] [OSF: data] [Zenodo: analysis] [Science Cast]
Zou Z, Ergan S, Fisher-Gewirtzman D, Curtis CE (2021) Quantifying the impact of urban form on human experience: Experiment using virtual environments and electroencephalogram. J Comput Civ Eng.
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Rahmati M, DeSimone K, Curtis CE, Sreenivasan KK (2020) Spatially specific working memory activity in the human superior colliculus. J Neurosci, 40(49).
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Winawer J, Curtis CE (2019) Cerebellar Function: multiple topographic maps of visual space. Curr Biol, 29(14).
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Guillaume A, Fuller JR, Srimal R, Curtis CE (2018) Cortico-cerebellar network involved in saccade adaptation. J Neurophysiol, 120(5).
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Yoo AH, Klyszejko Z, Curtis CE, Ma WJ (2018) Strategic allocation of working memory resource. Sci Rep, 8.
[PDF] [GitHub: eye-data analysis] [GitHub: analysis and data]
Rahmati M, Saber GT, Curtis CE (2018) Population dynamics of early visual cortex during working memory. J Cogn Neurosci, 30(2).
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Mackey WE, Winawer J, Curtis CE (2017) Visual field map clusters in human frontoparietal cortex. eLife, 6.
[PDF] [OSF: analysis and data]
Mackey WE, Curtis CE (2017) Distinct contributions by frontal and parietal cortices support working memory. Sci Rep, 7.
[PDF] [GitHub: [GitHub: eye-data analysis]
Mackey WE, Devinsky O, Doyle WK, Meager MR, Curtis CE (2016) Human dorsolateral prefrontal cortex is not necessary for spatial working memory. J Neurosci, 36.
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Mackey WE, Devinsky O, Doyle WK, Golfinos JG, Curtis CE (2016) Human parietal cortex lesions impact the precision of spatial working memory. J Neurophysiol, 116.
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Ikkai A, Dandekar S, Curtis CE (2016) Lateralization in alpha-band oscillations predicts the locus and spatial distribution of attention. PLoS One, 11.
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Saber GT, Pestilli F, Curtis CE (2015) Saccade planning evokes topographically specific activity in the dorsal and ventral streams. J Neurosci, 35.
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Markowitz DA, Curtis CE, Pesaran B (2015) Multiple component networks support working memory in prefrontal cortex. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 112.
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Sreenivasan KK, Curtis CE, D'Esposito M (2014) Revisiting the role of persistent neural activity during working memory. Trends Cogn Sci 18.
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Klyszejko Z, Rahmati M, Curtis CE (2014) Attentional priority determines working memory precision. Vision Res 105.
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Tark KJ, Curtis CE (2013) Deciding where to look based on visual, auditory, and semantic information. Brain Res 1525.
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Jerde TA, Curtis CE (2013) Maps of space in human frontoparietal cortex. J Physiol Paris.
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Bender J, Tark KJ, Reuter B, Kathmann N, Curtis CE (2013) Differential roles of the frontal and parietal cortices in the control of saccades. Brain Cogn, 83.
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Jerde TA, Merriam EP, Riggall AC, Hedges JH, Curtis CE (2012) Prioritized maps of space in human frontoparietal cortex. J Neurosci, 32.
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Jerde TA, Ikkai A, Curtis CE (2011) The search for the neural mechanisms of the set size effect. Eur J Neurosci, 33.
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Ikkai A, Jerde TA, Curtis CE (2011) Perception and action selection dissociate human ventral and dorsal cortex. J Cogn Neurosci, 23.
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Ikkai A, Curtis CE (2011) Common neural mechanisms supporting spatial working memory, attention and motor intention. Neuropsychologia, 49.
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Curtis CE (2011) Testing animal models of human oculomotor control with neuroimaging. Oxf Handb Eye Movements.
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Srimal R, Curtis CE (2010) Secondary adaptation of memory-guided saccades. Exp Brain Res, 206.
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Curtis CE, Lee D (2010) Beyond working memory: the role of persistent activity in decision making. Trends Cogn Sci, 14.
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Tark KJ, Curtis CE (2009) Persistent neural activity in the human frontal cortex when maintaining space that is off the map. Nat Neurosci, 12.
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Oztekin I, Curtis CE, McElree B (2009) The medial temporal lobe and the left inferior prefrontal cortex jointly support interference resolution in verbal working memory. J Cogn Neurosci, 21.
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Duncan K, Curtis C, Davachi L (2009) Distinct memory signatures in the hippocampus: intentional states distinguish match and mismatch enhancement signals. J Neurosci, 29.
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Curtis CE, D'Esposito M (2009) The inhibition of unwanted actions. In: The Psychology of Action: Mechanisms of Human Action, 2nd Edition (Bargh J, Gollwitzer P, Morsella E, eds). New York City: Guildford Press.
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Srimal R, Diedrichsen J, Ryklin EB, Curtis CE (2008) Obligatory adaptation of saccade gains. J Neurophysiol, 99.
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Srimal R, Curtis CE (2008) Persistent neural activity during the maintenance of spatial position in working memory. Neuroimage, 39.
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Ikkai A, Curtis CE (2008) Cortical activity time locked to the shift and maintenance of spatial attention. Cereb Cortex, 18.
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Curtis CE, Connolly JD (2008) Saccade preparation signals in the human frontal and parietal cortices. J Neurophysiol, 99.
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Shuwairi SM, Curtis CE, Johnson SP (2007) Neural Substrates of Dynamic Object Occlusion. J Cogn Neurosci, 19.
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Zald DH, Curtis CE (2006) Brain imaging and related methods. In: Handbook of multimethod measurement in psychology. (Eid M, Diener E, eds), pp 173-187. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
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Yoon JH, Curtis CE, D'Esposito M (2006) Differential effects of distraction during working memory on delay-period activity in the prefrontal cortex and the visual association cortex. Neuroimage, 29.
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Schluppeck D, Curtis CE, Glimcher PW, Heeger DJ (2006) Sustained activity in topographic areas of human posterior parietal cortex during memory-guided saccades. J Neurosci, 26.
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Curtis CE, D'Esposito M (2006) Functional neuroimaging of working memory. In: The Handbook of Functional Neuroimaging of Cognition, 2nd Edition (Cabeza R, Kingstone A, eds), pp 269-306. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
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Curtis CE, D'Esposito M (2006) Selection and maintenance of saccade goals in the human frontal eye fields. J Neurophysiol, 95.
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Curtis CE (2006) Prefrontal and parietal contributions to spatial working memory. Neuroscience, 139.
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Zald DH, Curtis C, Chernitsky LA, Pardo JV (2005) Frontal lobe activation during object alternation acquisition. Neuropsychology, 19.
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Miller LM, Sun FT, Curtis CE, D'Esposito M (2005) Functional interactions between oculomotor regions during prosaccades and antisaccades. Hum Brain Mapp, 26.
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Curtis CE, Sun FT, Miller LM, D'Esposito M (2005) Coherence between fMRI time-series distinguishes two spatial working memory networks. Neuroimage, 26.
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Curtis CE, Cole MW, Rao VY, D'Esposito M (2005) Canceling planned action: an FMRI study of countermanding saccades. Cereb Cortex, 15.
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Conklin HM, Curtis CE, Calkins ME, Iacono WG (2005) Working memory functioning in schizophrenia patients and their first-degree relatives: cognitive functioning shedding light on etiology. Neuropsychologia, 43.
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Curtis CE, Rao VY, D'Esposito M (2004) Maintenance of spatial and motor codes during oculomotor delayed response tasks. J Neurosci, 24.
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Curtis CE, D'Esposito M (2004) The effects of prefrontal lesions on working memory performance and theory. Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci, 4.
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Calkins ME, Curtis CE, Iacono WG, Grove WM (2004) Antisaccade performance is impaired in medically and psychiatrically healthy biological relatives of schizophrenia patients. Schizophr Res, 71.
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Calkins ME, Curtis CE, Grove WM, Iacono WG (2004) Multiple dimensions of schizotypy in first degree biological relatives of schizophrenia patients. Schizophr Bull, 30.
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Curtis CE, D'Esposito M (2003) Success and failure suppressing reflexive behavior. J Cogn Neurosci, 15.
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Curtis CE, D'Esposito M (2003) Persistent activity in the prefrontal cortex during working memory. Trends Cogn Sci, 7.
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Calkins ME, Iacono WG, Curtis CE (2003) Smooth pursuit and antisaccade performance evidence trait stability in schizophrenia patients and their relatives. Int J Psychophysiol, 49.
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Zald DH, Curtis CE, Folley BS, Pardo JV (2002) Prefrontal contributions to delayed spatial and object alternation: A positron emission tomography study. Neuropsychology, 16.
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Jonides J, Badre D, Curtis CE, Thompson-Schill SL, Smith EE (2002) Mechanisms of conflict resolution in prefrontal cortex. In: Principles of Frontal Lobe Function, 1st Edition (D.T. Stuss, Knight RT, eds). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Postle BR, Berger JS, Goldstein JH, Curtis CE, D'Esposito M (2001) Behavioral and neurophysiological correlates of episodic coding, proactive interference, and list length effects in a running span verbal working memory task. Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci, 1.
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Curtis CE, Calkins ME, Iacono WG (2001) Saccadic disinhibition in schizophrenia patients and their first-degree biological relatives. A parametric study of the effects of increasing inhibitory load. Exp Brain Res, 137.
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Curtis CE, Calkins ME, Grove WM, Feil KJ, Iacono WG (2001) Saccadic disinhibition in patients with acute and remitted schizophrenia and their first-degree biological relatives. Am J Psychiatry, 158.
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Curtis CE, Zald DH, Pardo JV (2000) Organization of working memory within the human prefrontal cortex: a PET study of self-ordered object working memory. Neuropsychologia, 38.
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Curtis CE, Zald DH, Lee JT, Pardo JV (2000) Object and spatial alternation tasks with minimal delays activate the right anterior hippocampus proper in humans. Neuroreport, 11.
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Conklin HM, Curtis CE, Katsanis J, Iacono WG (2000) Verbal working memory impairment in schizophrenia patients and their first-degree relatives: evidence from the digit span task. Am J Psychiatry, 157.
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Snitz BE, Curtis CE, Zald DH, Katsanis J, Iacono WG (1999) Neuropsychological and oculomotor correlates of spatial working memory performance in schizophrenia patients and controls. Schizophr Res, 38.
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Curtis CE, Lebow B, Lake DS, Katsanis J, Iacono WG (1999) Acoustic startle reflex in schizophrenia patients and their first-degree relatives: evidence of normal emotional modulation. Psychophysiology, 36.
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Curtis CE, Iacono WG, Beiser M (1999) Relationship between nailfold plexus visibility and clinical, neuropsychological, and brain structural measures in schizophrenia. Biol Psychiatry, 46.
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Hirschowitz J, Hitzemann R, Piscani K, Burr G, Frecska E, Culliton D, Mann M, Curtis C (1997) The Dose Reduction in Schizophrenia (DORIS) Study: a final report. Schizophr Res, 23.
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