Andrea D'Alterio

Laughter gains access to awareness at the threshold of consciousness.

Consciousness and Cognition June 1, 2026 Ivonne A Castiblanco Jimenez, Tommaso Ciorli, Martina Froio et al.

Emotional stimuli can influence behavior across varying levels of conscious awareness, yet the extent to which different social signals gain access to awareness remains unclear. Although unconscious processing has been extensively investigated for threat-related expressions, less is known about the awareness dynamics of socio-emotional signals such as laughter. The present study examined...