New paper out! We examined EEG and autonomic responses during threat anticipation and asked whether this state of “attentive immobility” influences memory encoding. We found enhanced perceptual processing, but this did not translate into better memory. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Hey folks! Check out our new preprint!📍 Bridging animal and human research, we dynamically manipulated contextual properties in VR to investigate how elemental and configural representations interact to shape the human defensive system across multiple response domains. doi.org/10.31234/osf...

Had a great time at #PuG2026 in Heidelberg. Honored to receive the Poster Prize from @biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social , recognizing the work developed during my PhD within @rtg2660.bsky.social Thanks to my supervisors @gamerlab.bsky.social and @martandreatta.bsky.social for the continous support.

@francescotortora.bsky.social focusses on dissecting contextual representations in human threat learning and memory in an immersive virtual reality setup (Poster Session 2, #573)

Huge applause to @francescotortora.bsky.social for presenting our study “Gradual Extinction via US Intensity Reduction: a Translational Test of Fear Memory Updating in Humans” at #EMHFC2026 👏 Great teamwork, exciting study and results!

‪ Evidence for item-in-context cells in humans from @humansingleneuron.bsky.social: Distinct neuronal populations in the human brain combine content and context Link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Time, space, memory and brain–body rhythms - Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Understanding how the brain represents experienced time and how representations of space and time are integrated to form episodic memories has been a goal of much neuroscientific research. In this Per...

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On the left is a rabbit. On the right is an elephant. But guess what: They’re the *same image*, rotated 90°! In @currentbiology.bsky.social, @chazfirestone.bsky.social & I show how these images—known as “visual anagrams”—can help solve a longstanding problem in cognitive science. bit.ly/45BVnCZ

What a great experience! Glad to have taken part in this amazing symposium #PUG2025

Ecem Tavacioglu@ecemtavacioglu.bsky.social · last yr.

I had pleasure of co-organizing my very first symposium together with my supervisor @gamerlab.bsky.social. A heartfelt thank you to all the amazing speakers @ondrejzika.bsky.social, @francescotortora.bsky.social, @ldeserno.bsky.social, @floriansch and participants for their contributions. #PUG2025

Only a few days left until @pug2025.bsky.social – our symposium, organized together with @gamerlab.bsky.social 🧠⚡ 🎤 Join us for exciting talks by: @ondrejzika.bsky.social @francescotortora.bsky.social @ldeserno.bsky.social @florianschlagenhauf #PUG2025 #psychophysiology #reinforcementlearning

…and @francescotortora.bsky.social showing his work on conjunctive and elemental processing during threat confrontation 👇