Our group has proposed that in contrast to chronic stress that can have harmful effects, the
short-term (fight-or-flight) stress response (lasting for minutes to hours) is nature's …

Why do we adopt new rules, such as social distancing? Although human sciences research
stresses the key role of social influence in behaviour change, most COVID‐19 campaigns …

In recent years, neuroimaging research in cognitive neuroscience has increasingly used
multivariate pattern analysis (MVPA) to investigate higher cognitive functions. Here we …

Abstract Study Objectives Total sleep deprivation is known to have significant detrimental
effects on cognitive and socio-emotional functioning. Nonetheless, the mechanisms by …

Under threat, the combinations of fearful display and gaze orientation emitted by others can
provide crucial information about the presence and location of the danger, as well as …

Computer-generated (CG) faces are an important visual interface for human-computer
interaction in social contexts. Here we investigated whether the human brain processes …

Prefrontal brain regions have been proposed to modulate vagally mediated heart rate
variability (HRV) through their action on subcortical structures. This study aimed at …

The ability to swiftly and accurately respond to others' non-verbal signals, such as their
emotional expressions, constitutes one of the building blocks for social adaptation. It is …

Determining the social significance of emotional face expression is of major importance for
adaptive behavior, and gaze direction provides critical information in this process. The …

The COVID-19 pandemic has altered the way we interact with each other: mandatory mask-
wearing obscures facial information that is crucial for emotion recognition. Whereas the …