Rapid withdrawal from a threatening animal is movement-specific and mediated by reflex-like neural processing
Henry Railo, Nelli Kraufvelin, Jussi Santalahti, Teemu Laine
This study shows that humans exhibit rapid withdrawal responses to feared animals like snakes and spiders, mediated by reflex-like attentional processing, with later conscious attention slowing the response.
NeuroImage · Nov 2, 2023Peer-reviewedNeuroscience