Like many other primates, humans place a high premium on social information transmission
and processing. One important aspect of this information concerns the emotional state of …

In the past decade, more and more research has been investigating oculomotor behavior in
relation to attentional selection of emotional stimuli. Whereas previous research on covert …

The responses of sensory cortical neurons are shaped by experience. As a result perceptual
biases evolve, selectively facilitating the detection and identification of sensory events that …

Defensive system activation promotes heightened perception of threat signals, and
excessive attention to threat signals has been discussed as a contributory factor in the …

Colour patterns are used by many species to make decisions that ultimately affect their
Darwinian fitness. Colour patterns consist of a mosaic of patches that differ in geometry and …

Emotionally salient cues are detected more readily, remembered better, and evoke greater
visual cortical responses compared with neutral stimuli. The current study used concurrent …

Many behaviors require choosing between conflicting options competing against each other
in visuomotor areas. Such choices can benefit from top-down control processes engaging …

Fear overgeneralization and perceived uncertainty about future outcomes have been
suggested as risk factors for clinical anxiety. However, little is known regarding how they …

The concept of emotion is a complex neural and psychological phenomenon, central to the
organization of human social behavior. As the result of subjective experience, emotions …

Social organisms fundamentally rely on experience to successfully navigate in a social
world by associating social stimuli with aversive versus safe qualities. Cognitive …