Much research has recognized the general importance of maternal behavior in the early
development and programing of the mammalian offspring's brain. Exclusive breastfeeding …

Gender stereotypes have been implicated in sex-typed perceptions of facial emotion. Such
interpretations were recently called into question because facial cues of emotion are …

Responding to others' emotional body expressions is an essential social skill in humans.
Adults readily detect emotions from body postures, but it is unclear whether infants are …

Our research team was asked to consider the relationship of the neuroscience of
sensorimotor control to the language of emotions and feelings. Actions are the principal …

Quick inhibition of approach tendencies in response to signals of potential threats is thought
to promote survival. However, little is known about the effect of viewing fearful expressions …

Bilateral amygdala lesions impair the ability to identify certain emotions, especially fear, from
facial expressions, and neuroimaging studies have demonstrated differential amygdala …

Gender differences are an important factor regulating our daily interactions. Using functional
magnetic resonance imaging we show that brain areas involved in processing social signals …

Effective social interactions require the ability to evaluate other people's actions and
intentions, sometimes only on the basis of such subtle factors as body language, and these …

The cerebellum has traditionally been viewed as a brain structure subserving skilled motor
behaviors. However, the cerebellum might be involved not only in movement coordination …

Humans and other primate species are experts at recognizing body expressions. To
understand the underlying perceptual mechanisms, we computed postural and kinematic …