A classical theoretical frame to interpret motor reactions to emotional stimuli is that such
stimuli, particularly those threat-related, are processed preferentially, ie, they are capable of …

We efficiently infer others' states and traits from their appearance, and these inferences
powerfully shape our social behaviour. One key trait is sex, which is strongly cued by the …

Emotions and sex of other people shape the way we interact in social environments. The
influence of these dimensions on cognitive processing is recognized as a highly conditional …

Although much research has investigated how multiple sources of social information derived
from faces are processed and integrated, few studies have extended this investigation to …

Introduction Food portion size (PS) and energy density (ED) are the two primary
determinants of total energy intake. While emerging neuroscientific data indicate judgments …

Many existing findings indicate that processing of emotional information is pre-attentive,
largely immune from attentional control. Nevertheless, inconsistent evidence on the …

Recent research has demonstrated that the parahippocampal place area represents both
the shape and texture features of scenes, with the importance of each feature varying …

Starting from the moment we come into the world, we are compelled to pay large attention to
the body and its representation, which can be considered as a set of cognitive structures that …

Humans stand out in their ability to make sense of others' behavior and establish
appropriate social bonds with others. Items laden with affective significance have crucial …

Body inversion effects (BIEs) reflect the deployment of the configural processing of body
stimuli. BIE modulates the activity of body-selective areas within both the dorsal and the …