Over the last two decades, there has been a rapid increase of studies testing the efficacy
and acceptability of virtual reality in the assessment and treatment of mental health …

Computer-generated (CG) beings are rapidly infiltrating the human social world. Yet
evidence about how humans respond to CG faces is mixed. The present systematic review …

Background Virtual reality (VR) enables the administration of realistic and dynamic stimuli
within a social context for the assessment and training of emotion recognition. We tested a …

Supramodal representation of emotion and its neural substrates have recently attracted
attention as a marker of social cognition. However, the question whether perceptual …

Facial expressions convey important emotional and social information and are frequently
applied in investigations of human affective processing. Dynamic faces may provide higher …

Background/Study Context: The ability to interpret emotionally salient stimuli is an important
skill for successful social functioning at any age. The objective of the present study was to …

This article introduces the freely available Bochum Emotional Stimulus Set (BESST), which
contains pictures of bodies and faces depicting either a neutral expression or one of the six …

People with psychosis can experience social functioning impairments. Virtual reality (VR)
has been used to assess and treat these difficulties. This systematic review (Prospero …

Abstract Background and Hypothesis Social cognition training (SCT), an intervention for
social cognition and social functioning, might be improved by using virtual reality (VR) …

Cognitive functioning is impaired in patients with schizophrenia, leading to significant
disabilities in everyday functioning. Its improvement is an important treatment target …