Background fear of falling is common in older adults and can have a profound influence on a
variety of behaviours that increase fall risk. However, fear of falling can also have potentially …

Introduction Postural threat elicits modifications to standing balance. However, the
underlying neural mechanism (s) responsible remain unclear. Shifts in attention focus …

Introduction Standing upright at height is a challenging situation involving intense threat of
balance loss and fall. The ability to maintain balance in such conditions requires properly …

The 'two-system'view of fear builds on traditional conceptualisations of emotion; proposing
that the mechanisms responsible for behavioural and physiological responses to threat may …

Older adults rely increasingly on conscious processes to control balance. While this could
be in response to age-related declines in balance capacity, it is unclear whether such …

Height-induced postural threat affects emotional state and standing balance behaviour
during static, voluntary, and dynamic tasks. Facing a threat to balance also affects sensory …

During unperturbed bipedal standing, postural control is governed primarily by subcortical
and spinal networks. However, it is unclear if cortical networks begin to play a greater role …

Virtual reality (VR) enables individuals to be exposed to naturalistic environments in
laboratory settings, offering new possibilities for research in human neuroscience and …

Threats to stability elicit context-specific changes in balance control; however, the underlying
neural mechanisms are not fully understood. Previous work has speculated that a shift …

Background Anxiety and arousal have been shown to influence balance control and,
therefore, have the potential to confound balance assessment. It has been suggested that …