It has been suggested that, during evolution, specific mechanisms developed in order to
optimize the detection of threats and opportunities even in perceptually degraded …

At attended locations emotion and attention interact to benefit contrast sensitivity, a basic
visual dimension. Whether there are associated costs at unattended locations is unknown …

In the present study, we demonstrated that the emotional significance of a spatial cue
enhances the effect of covert attention on spatial and temporal resolution (ie, our ability to …

Rationale Visuo-perceptive deficits in severe alcohol use disorder (SAUD) remain little
understood, notably regarding the respective involvement of the two main human visual …

Face perception is tightly connected with the hemispherical dominance, and thus can be
different in right-, left-handed and ambidextrous subjects. The study focuses on preferences …

Anxiety, sympathetic nervous system arousal, stress, and distress are frequently
encountered states of behavioural disposition in symptomatic patients presenting for visual …

Due to capacity limits, the brain must select important information for further processing.
Evolutionary-based theories suggest that emotional (and specifically threat-relevant) …

The selective attention towards emotionally significant stimuli in our environment is often
referred to as 'emotional attention', and is thought to be mediated by an interaction between …

This thesis contains an experimental investigation of networks dynamics across
development and autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The interplay between functional …

Emotionally significant stimuli successfully compete for attentional resources with current,
goal-directed behavior. This attentional bias entails an adaptive advantage and is …