Abstract The Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (RMET) is one of the most influential
measures of social cognitive ability, and it has been used extensively in clinical populations …

Over the last decades, theoretical perspectives in the interdisciplinary field of the affective
sciences have proliferated rather than converged due to differing assumptions about what …

This article considers the status and study of “context” in psychological science through the
lens of research on emotional expressions. The article begins by updating three well-trod …

It is long hypothesized that there is a reliable, specific mapping between certain emotional
states and the facial movements that express those states. This hypothesis is often tested by …

Despite the variability of music across cultures, some types of human songs share acoustic
characteristics. For example, dance songs tend to be loud and rhythmic, and lullabies tend …

Emotion recognition difficulties are considered to contribute to social‐communicative
problems for autistic individuals. Prior research has been dominated by a focus on forced …

Access to words used to label emotion concepts (eg,“disgust”) facilitates perceptions of
facial muscle movements as instances of specific emotions (see Lindquist & Gendron …

Human social interactions depend on the construction of emotional meaning. The present
study used event-related potentials to investigate the neural features of emotional violation …

Background While individuals with autism often face challenges in everyday social
interactions, they may demonstrate proficiency in structured Theory of Mind (ToM) tasks that …

The ability to recognize others' emotions is critical for social interactions. It is widely
assumed that recognizing facial expressions predominantly determines perceived …