🧠 New paper out!
We studied how people react to threats via brain and body patterns.
🔹 Some show HR slowing → better visual processing (ssVEP), less motor readiness
🔸 Others speed up → visual suppression, more motor prep (beta desync)
📄 Full study: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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How Orienting and Defence Drives Oscillatory Responses in Human Visual and Motor Cortical Circuits During Viewing of Threat Pictures: Evidence From ssVEPs and Beta‐Band Desynchronization
Healthy human participants engage mainly in two fundamental response strategies towards threat related picture content: orienting and defence. Orienting has been associated with heart rate (HR) decel...