An auditory “low road” for threat processing in humans sensitive to fast temporal cues
Martina T Cinca-Tomás, Emmanouela Kosteletou-Kassotaki, Jordi Costa-Faidella, Carles Escera, Judith Domínguez-Borràs · 2026
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Martina Cinca-Tomás and four co-authors wrote this 2026 study on a fast lane for threat sounds in the human brain. In vision, a shortcut from the eye's relay to the fear center handles crude danger signals. Whether hearing has the same low road was unknown. The team played threatening sounds marked by rapid time patterns, the kind alarm calls carry, while measuring body and brain responses.
The sounds triggered quick neural and bodily reactions. In the right fear center, response strength tracked how strong each person's direct pathway from the hearing relay ran. That is, the shortcut's wiring predicted the alarm's punch. The authors identify fast time structure as the cue this pathway is tuned to. Their finding gives hearing its own low road, matching the famous one in vision, with roots in shared evolutionary pressure.
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| CREATOR | Martina T Cinca-Tomás, Emmanouela Kosteletou-Kassotaki, Jordi Costa-Faidella, Carles Escera, Judith Domínguez-Borràs |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 72 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |