Auditory steady-state response (ASSR) is the result of the brain's ability to follow and entrain
its oscillatory activity to the phase and frequency of periodic auditory stimulation. Gamma …

Threatening stimuli seem to capture attention more swiftly than neutral stimuli. This attention
bias has been observed under different experimental conditions and with different types of …

The ability to detect environmental changes is essential to determine the appropriate
reaction when facing potential threats. Both detection and reaction functions are critical to …

Anxiety is characterized by anxious anticipation and heightened vigilance to uncertain
threat. However, if threat is not reliably indicated by a specific cue, the context in which threat …

Visual scene processing is modulated by semantic, motivational, and emotional factors, in
addition to physical scene statistics. An open question is to what extent those factors affect …

Human movement synchronisation with moving objects strongly relies on visual input.
However, auditory information also plays an important role, since real environments are …

Threatening stimuli receive a preferential allocation of attention, a phenomenon termed an
attentional bias to threat. Previous research has shown that exposure to prolonged …

Adapting defensive behavior to the characteristics of a threatening situation is a fundamental
function of the brain. Particularly, threat imminence plays a major role for the organization of …