Emotional stimuli, such as a fear-expressing face, can be processed without being consciously perceived and can influence behaviour. Tamietto and de Gelder describe the subcortical pathway that processes such stimuli, and discuss whether subcortical versus cortical processing of stimuli translate into non-conscious versus conscious perception. An interview with Beatrice de Gelder for Neuropod is available for download.
- Marco Tamietto
- Beatrice de Gelder
