Self-related information automatically modulates early attentional selection into awareness through mechanisms distinct from physical salience, revealing an obligatory, individualized self-prioritization at the gateway to perception.
Antoine Bouyeure, Daniel Pacheco-Estefan ... Nikolai Axmacher
Fear updating relies on a flexible shift from generalized to item-specific, context-bound neural representations, revealing how the brain adapts to changing threat contingencies and why fear can return.