The unprecedented efforts to minimize the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic introduce a
new arena for human face recognition in which faces are partially occluded with masks …

Two questions have motivated much of our research. What is the structure of social
judgments from faces and what is the perceptual basis of these judgments? Twelve years …

People rapidly form impressions from facial appearance, and these impressions affect social
decisions. We argue that data-driven, computational models are the best available tools for …

In a conversation, recognising the speaker's social action (eg, a request) early may help the
potential following speakers understand the intended message quickly, and plan a timely …

Recent advances in mobile sensing technology provide innovative methods for
understanding how individuals think, feel, and behave in vivo. Despite the utility of these …

Cognitive neuroscientists often study social cognition by using simple but socially relevant
stimuli, such as schematic faces or images of other people. Whilst this research is valuable …

Previous investigations have shown that the perception of socially relevant facial
expressions, indicating someone else's intention to communicate (eg, smiling), correlate …

Spoken language is an innate ability of the human being and represents the most
widespread mode of social communication. The ability to share concepts, intentions and …

With over a century of theoretical developments and empirical investigation in broad fields
(eg, anthropology, psychology, evolutionary biology), the universality of facial expressions of …

A key feature of facial behavior is its dynamic quality. However, most previous research has
been limited to the use of static images of prototypical expressive patterns. This article …