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The Distinct Role of the Amygdala, Superior Colliculus and Pulvinar in Processing of Central and Peripheral Snakes by Almeida, Inês, Soares, Sandra C, Castelo-Branco, Miguel

“…Visual processing of ecologically relevant stimuli involves a central bias for stimuli demanding detailed processing (e.g., faces), whereas peripheral object…”
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The Hidden Snake in the Grass: Superior Detection of Snakes in Challenging Attentional Conditions by Soares, Sandra C, Lindström, Björn, Esteves, Francisco, Ohman, Arne

“…Snakes have provided a serious threat to primates throughout evolution. Furthermore, bites by venomous snakes still cause significant morbidity and mortality…”
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Exploring the use of visual predictions in social scenarios while under anticipatory threat by Silva, Fábio, Ribeiro, Sérgio, Silva, Samuel, Garrido, Marta I., Soares, Sandra C.

“…One of the less recognized effects of anxiety lies in perception alterations caused by how one weighs both sensory evidence and contextual cues. Here, we…”
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Remote Emotion Recognition Using Continuous-Wave Bio-Radar System by Gouveia, Carolina, Soares, Beatriz, Albuquerque, Daniel, Barros, Filipa, Soares, Sandra C, Pinho, Pedro, Vieira, José, Brás, Susana

“…The Bio-Radar is herein presented as a non-contact radar system able to capture vital signs remotely without requiring any physical contact with the subject…”
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Multidimensional assessment of anxiety through the State-Trait Inventory for Cognitive and Somatic Anxiety (STICSA): From dimensionality to response prediction across emotional contexts by Barros, Filipa, Figueiredo, Cláudia, Brás, Susana, Carvalho, João M, Soares, Sandra C

“…The assessment of mal-adaptive anxiety is crucial, considering the associated personal, economic, and societal burden. The State-Trait Inventory for Cognitive…”
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Mind the Snake: Fear Detection Relies on Low Spatial Frequencies by Gomes, Nuno, Soares, Sandra C, Silva, Samuel, Silva, Carlos F

“…The privileged processing of threat stimuli, even in the absence of visual awareness, has been associated with a subcortical superior colliculus (SC)-pulvinar…”
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Multimodal Emotion Evaluation: A Physiological Model for Cost-Effective Emotion Classification by Pinto, Gisela, Carvalho, João M, Barros, Filipa, Soares, Sandra C, Pinho, Armando J, Brás, Susana

“…Emotional responses are associated with distinct body alterations and are crucial to foster adaptive responses, well-being, and survival. Emotion…”
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Adaptive memory: The mnemonic value of contamination by Fernandes, Natália Lisandra, Pandeirada, Josefa N.S, Soares, Sandra C, Nairne, James S

“…Abstract Humans likely evolved an adaptive disease avoidance system, the Behavioral Immune System, to mitigate the fitness costs posed by pathogens. This…”
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Fast Detector/First Responder: Interactions between the Superior Colliculus-Pulvinar Pathway and Stimuli Relevant to Primates by Soares, Sandra C, Maior, Rafael S, Isbell, Lynne A, Tomaz, Carlos, Nishijo, Hisao

“…Primates are distinguished from other mammals by their heavy reliance on the visual sense, which occurred as a result of natural selection continually favoring…”
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Biometric and Emotion Identification: An ECG Compression Based Method by Brás, Susana, Ferreira, Jacqueline H T, Soares, Sandra C, Pinho, Armando J

“…We present an innovative and robust solution to both biometric and emotion identification using the electrocardiogram (ECG). The ECG represents the electrical…”
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Beware the serpent: the advantage of ecologically-relevant stimuli in accessing visual awareness by Gomes, Nuno, Silva, Samuel, Silva, Carlos F, Soares, Sandra C

“…Abstract Snakes and spiders constitute fear-relevant stimuli for humans, as many species have deleterious and even fatal effects. However, snakes provoked an…”
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Characterisation of Physiological Responses to Odours in Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Preliminary Study by Pereira, Lara, Grave, Joana, Noll, Janina, Derntl, Birgit, Soares, Sandra C., Brás, Susana, Sebastião, Raquel

“…Abnormal sensory perception is among the earliest symptoms of autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Despite mixed findings, olfactory perception seems to be altered…”
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Evolutionary derived modulations of attention to two common fear stimuli: Serpents and hostile humans by Öhman, Arne, Soares, Sandra C., Juth, Pernilla, Lindström, Björn, Esteves, Francisco

“…In this paper we present an evolutionary analysis of attention to stimuli that are threatening from an evolutionary perspective, such as angry faces and…”
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Some animal specific fears are more specific than others: Evidence from attention and emotion measures by Soares, Sandra C., Esteves, Francisco, Lundqvist, Daniel, Öhman, Arne

“…Using a visual search methodology we investigated the effect of feared animal stimuli on attention. Our results confirmed the important role of emotion on…”
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Correction: The Distinct Role of the Amygdala, Superior Colliculus and Pulvinar in Processing of Central and Peripheral Snakes by Almeida, Inês, Soares, Sandra C, Castelo-Branco, Miguel

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Correction to: Perceived Vulnerability to Disease Questionnaire: Psychometric validation with a Portuguese sample by Ferreira, Jacqueline, Magalhães, Ana C, Bem-Haja, Pedro, Alho, Laura, Silva, Carlos F, Soares, Sandra C

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Perceived Vulnerability to Disease Questionnaire: psychometric validation with a Portuguese sample by Ferreira, Jacqueline, Magalhães, Ana C, Bem-Haja, Pedro, Alho, Laura, Silva, Carlos F, Soares, Sandra C

“…Individual differences in one's perceived vulnerability to infectious diseases are implicated in psychological distress, social and behavioral disease…”
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Nosewitness identification: effects of negative emotion by Alho, Laura, Soares, Sandra C, Ferreira, Jacqueline, Rocha, Marta, Silva, Carlos F, Olsson, Mats J

“…Every individual has a unique body odor (BO), similar to a fingerprint. In forensic research, identification of culprit BOs has been performed by trained dogs,…”
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Improved Perception of Aggression Under (un)Related Threat of Shock by Silva, Fábio, Garrido, Marta I., Soares, Sandra C.

“…Anxiety shifts visual attention and perceptual mechanisms, preparing oneself to detect potentially threatening information more rapidly. Despite being…”
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Identifying knowledge gaps in understanding the effects of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) on fish behaviour by Ferreira, Carla S.S., Soares, Sandra C., Kille, Peter, Oliveira, Miguel

“…Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are a class of antidepressants increasingly prescribed to treat patients with clinical depression. As a result…”
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