Despite the abundant data on brain networks processing static social signals, such as
pictures of faces, the neural systems supporting social perception in naturalistic conditions …

Whole body expressions are among the main visual stimulus categories that are naturally
associated with faces and the neuroscientific investigation of how body expressions are …

Humans and great apes are highly social species, and encounter conspecifics throughout
their daily lives. During social interactions, they exchange information about their emotional …

Covering faces with masks, due to mandatory pandemic safety regulations, we can no
longer rely on the habitual daily-life information. This may be thought-provoking for healthy …

Although scientists dating back to Darwin have noted the importance of the body in
communicating emotion, current research on emotion communication tends to emphasize …

Survival prompts organisms to prepare adaptive behavior in response to environmental and
social threat. However, what are the specific features of the appearance of a conspecific that …

Parental mentalizing—parents' capacity to appreciate, even unconsciously, the infant's
mental states and their role in motivating behavior—is related to infant attachment security …

We receive emotional signals from different sources, including the face, the whole body, and
the natural scene. Previous research has shown the importance of context provided by the …

Facial mimicry is commonly defined as the tendency to imitate—at a sub-threshold level—
facial expressions of other individuals. Numerous studies support a role of facial mimicry in …

Traditional emotion theories stress the importance of the face in the expression of emotions
but bodily expressions are becoming increasingly important as well. In these experiments …