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• Shi, D.,Yu, Q. * (2024) Distinct neural signatures underlying information maintenance and manipulation in working memory. Cerebral Cortex. 34(3): bhae063
• Hu, Y.,Yu, Q. * (2023) Spatiotemporal dynamics of self-generated imagery reveal a reverse cortical hierarchy from cue-induced imagery. Cell Reports 42(10): 113242.
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• Yu, Q. **, Shim, WM. (2019) Temporal-order-based attentional priority modulates mnemonic representations in parietal and frontal cortices. Cerebral Cortex 29(7): 3182-3192
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•Yu, Q. *, Shim, WM. (2017) Occipital, parietal, and frontal cortices selectively maintain task-relevant features of multi-feature objects in visual working memory. NeuroImage 157: 97-107
• Yu, Q. , Shim, WM. (2016) Modulating foveal representation can influence visual discrimination in the periphery. Journal of Vision 16(3): 15,1-12
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• Cai, Y., Sheldon, A., Yu, Q. , Postle, B. (2019) Overlapping and distinct contributions of stimulus location and of spatial context to nonspatial visual short-term memory. Journal of Neurophysiology 121(4): 1222-1231
• Yu, Q. *, Postle, B. (2018) Separating the present and the future. eLife 7: e43339
• Chen, J., Yu, Q., Zhu Z., Peng Y., Fang, F. (2016) Spatial summation revealed in the earliest visual evoked component C1 and the effect of attention on its linearity. Journal of Neurophysiology 115(1): 500-509
