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 rapid and efficient selection of emotionally salient or goal-relevant stimuli in the
environment is crucial for flexible and adaptive behaviors. Converging data from …

An increasing number of studies investigate the visual mismatch negativity (vMMN) or use
the vMMN as a tool to probe various aspects of human cognition. This paper reviews the …

Covertly directing visual attention toward a spatial location in the absence of visual
stimulation enhances future visual processing at the attended position. The neuronal …

Electroencephalographic studies in humans have demonstrated that orienting of visual
attention induces a decrease in oscillatory α‐band activity (α‐desynchronization) over …

We investigated the spatio-temporal dynamic of attentional bias towards fearful faces.
Twelve participants performed a covert spatial orienting task while recording visual event …

Our brains and minds are shaped by our experiences, which mainly occur in the context of
the culture in which we develop and live. Although psychologists have provided abundant …

Mental fatigue is a form of fatigue, induced by continuous task performance. Mentally
fatigued people often report having a hard time keeping their attention focussed and being …

Emotion Science is a state-of-the-art introduction to the study of emotion. Drawing on an
extraordinarily wide array of research from psychology and neuroscience, the author …

There is much empirical evidence for modulation of attention by negative—particularly fear-
relevant—emotional stimuli. This modulation is often explained in terms of a fear module …