A major goal for the next generation of artificial intelligence (AI) is to build machines that are
able to reason and cope with novel tasks, environments, and situations in a manner that …

Despite its popularity, the construct of biological motion (BM) and its putative anomalies in
autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are not completely clarified. In this article, we present a …

Humans are endowed with an exceptional ability for detecting faces, a competence that, in
adults, is supported by a set of face-specific cortical patches. Human newborns, already …

Covering faces with masks, due to mandatory pandemic safety regulations, we can no
longer rely on the habitual daily-life information. This may be thought-provoking for healthy …

The perception of actions underwrites a wide range of socio-cognitive functions. Previous
neuroimaging and lesion studies identified several components of the brain network for …

We analysed research that makes use of precocial species as animal models to describe the
interaction of predisposed mechanisms and environmental factors in early learning, in …

Understanding the ways in which individuals cope with threats, respond to challenges, make
use of opportunities and mediate the harmful effects of their surroundings is important for …

Cognitive scientists, social psychologists, computer scientists, neuroscientists, ethologists
and many others have all wondered how brains detect and interpret the motion of living …

The human visual system can discriminate between animate beings vs. inanimate objects
on the basis of some kinematic cues, such as starting from rest and speed changes by self …

The septum is an evolutionarily well-conserved part of the limbic system. It is known to be
involved in many aspects of social behavior and is considered a key node of the social …