Paying attention to faces is of special interest for humans as well as for scientific research.
The experimental manipulation of facial information offers an ecologically valid approach to …

The N170 component is the most important electrophysiological index of face processing.
Early studies concluded that it was insensitive to facial expression, thus supporting dual …

The processing of fearful facial expressions is prioritized by the human brain. This priority is
maintained across various information processing stages as evident in early, intermediate …

One of the most important function of selective attention is the efficient and accurate
detection and identification of cues associated with threat. However, in pathological anxiety …

Task demands shape how we process environmental stimuli but their impact on the early
neural processing of facial expressions remains unclear. In a within-subject design, ERPs …

In neuroscientific studies, the naturalness of face presentation differs; a third of published
studies makes use of close-up full coloured faces, a third uses close-up grey-scaled faces …

Prioritized processing of fearful compared to neutral faces is reflected in behavioral
advantages such as lower detection thresholds, but also in enhanced early and late event …

The dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC) has often been suggested as a key modulator of
emotional stimulus appraisal and regulation. Therefore, in clinical trials, it is one of the most …

High perceptual load is thought to impair already the early stages of visual processing of
task-irrelevant visual stimuli. However, recent studies showed no effects of perceptual load …

It has been demonstrated that verbal context information alters the neural processing of
ambiguous faces such as faces with no apparent facial expression. In social anxiety, neutral …