Relevance of pre-stimulus oscillatory activity for the perceived valence of emotional facial expressions.

The interpretation of emotional facial expressions is crucial in everyday social interactions, and rapid processing of these expressions is necessary. Although extensive research has shed light on the mechanisms involved in facial expression processing, there is limited research on the potential role of the state of neural activity that directly precedes the occurrence of a face. Here, we investigated the potential modulatory role of pre-stimulus oscillatory activity in emotional facial expression processing.

Dissociable neuronal mechanism for different crossmodal correspondence effects in humans.

Crossmodal correspondences (CMCs) refer to associations between seemingly arbitrary stimulus features in different sensory modalities. Pitch‑size correspondences refer to the strong association of e.g.

Enriched environments enhance the development of explicit memory in an incidental learning task.

Learning, rendered in an implicit (unconscious) or explicit (conscious) way, is a crucial part of our daily life. Different factors, like attention or motivation, influence the transformation from implicit to explicit memory. Via virtual reality a lively and engaging surrounding can be created, whereby motivational processes are assumed to be a vital part of the transition from implicit to explicit memory.