Defensive system activation promotes heightened perception of threat signals, and
excessive attention to threat signals has been discussed as a contributory factor in the …

Imitation and observation of actions and facial emotional expressions activates the human
fronto-parietal mirror network. There is skepticism regarding the role of this low-level network …

Face-derived information on trustworthiness and attractiveness crucially influences social
interaction. It is, however, unclear to what degree the functional neuroanatomy of these …

People readily change their behavior to comply with the public. However, to which extent
they will internalize the social influence remains elusive. In this pre-registered …

In social interactions we are constantly categorizing objects and people. While social
categories (eg, race) are sometimes ambiguous, the categorization process seems to be …

Awareness detection technologies have been gaining traction in a variety of enterprises;
most often used for driver fatigue detection, recent research has shifted towards using …

For decades the study of social perception was largely compartmentalized by type of social
cue: race, gender, emotion, eye gaze, body language, facial expression etc. This was partly …

Social neuroscience is unveiling how the brain coordinates the construal of social
categories and the generation of intergroup biases from facial perception. Recent evidence …

Facial expression and identity recognition are essential cognitive processes underpinning
daily life and social relationships. Despite their importance, the biological neural …