Previous studies have shown that timing of sensory stimulation during the cardiac cycle
interacts with perception. Given the natural coupling of respiration and cardiac activity, we …

Brain responses vary considerably from moment to moment, even to identical sensory
stimuli. This has been attributed to changes in instantaneous neuronal states determining the …

Identical sensory stimuli can lead to different neural responses depending on the instantaneous
brain state. Specifically, neural excitability in sensory areas may shape the brains …

While many structural and biochemical changes in the brain have previously been
associated with older age, findings concerning functional properties of neuronal networks, as …

Human cognition and action can be influenced by internal bodily processes such as heartbeats.
For instance, somatosensory perception is impaired both during the systolic phase of …

Perception of sensory information is determined by stimulus features (eg, intensity) and
instantaneous neural states (eg, excitability). Commonly, it is assumed that both are reflected …

The emotional expression and gaze direction of a face are important cues for human social
interactions. However, the interplay of these factors and their neural correlates are only …

Cross-frequency synchronization (CFS) has been proposed as a mechanism for integrating
spatially and spectrally distributed information in the brain. However, investigating CFS in …

Eye contact is a salient social cue, which is assumed to influence already early neural correlates
of face perception. Specifically, the N170 component of the event-related potential (ERP…

Artificially created human faces play an increasingly important role in our digital world.
However, the so-called uncanny valley effect may cause people to perceive highly, yet not …