APS
2026 APS Annual Convention · 2026
An Auditory ‘Low Road’ for Threat In Humans Sensitive to Rapid Temporal Modulations
- Martina Cinca-Tomás
Institute of Neurosciences - Martina Cinca-Tomás
University of Barcelona - Martina Cinca-Tomás
Brainlab – Grup de Recerca en Neurociència Cognitiva - Emmanouela Kosteletou Kassotaki
University of Barcelona - Emmanouela Kosteletou Kassotaki
Institute of Neurosciences - Emmanouela Kosteletou Kassotaki
Brainlab – Grup de Recerca en Neurociència Cognitiva - Judith Domínguez-Borràs
University of Barcelona - Judith Domínguez-Borràs
Institute of Neurosciences - Judith Domínguez-Borràs
Brainlab – Grup de Recerca en Neurociència Cognitiva
Abstract
Rapid threat detection is critical for survival. In humans, visual studies linked this ability to fast magnocellular “low roads” from thalamus to amygdala. By integrating functional and anatomical evidence, our findings support the existence of a comparable fast auditory “low road”, sensitive to magnocellular-selective cues for threat processing in humans.
