Paying attention to faces is of special interest for humans as well as for scientific research.
The experimental manipulation of facial information offers an ecologically valid approach to …

Historically, research on emotion perception has focused on facial expressions, and findings
from this modality have come to dominate our thinking about other modalities. Here we …

Event-related potentials (ERPs) bring many strengths to the study of emotion regulation,
including: direct measurement of neural activity, high temporal resolution, affordability and …

Background Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is associated with impaired face processing.
The N170 event-related potential (ERP) has been considered a promising neural marker of …

Emotional facial expressions lead to modulations of early event-related potentials (ERPs).
However, it has so far remained unclear how far these modulations represent face-specific …

Perception of facial expression is essential for social interactions. Although a few competing
models have enjoyed some success to map brain regions, they are also facing difficult …

The processing of fearful facial expressions is prioritized by the human brain. This priority is
maintained across various information processing stages as evident in early, intermediate …

High-quality AI-generated portraits (“deepfakes”) are becoming increasingly prevalent.
Understanding the responses they evoke in perceivers is crucial in assessing their societal …

Social feedback can selectively enhance learning in diverse domains. Relevant
neurocognitive mechanisms have been studied mainly in healthy persons, yielding …

Cartoon characters are omnipresent in popular media. While few studies have scientifically
investigated their processing, in computer graphics, efforts are made to increase realism …