Humans, being highly social creatures, rely heavily on the ability to perceive what others are
doing and to infer from gestures and expressions what others may be intending to do. These …

Although the study of infancy has answered many important questions about the human
capacity for social cognition, the relatively young field of developmental social cognition is …

Visual processing of biological motion (BM) produced by living organisms is of immense
value for successful daily-life activities and, in particular, for adaptive social behavior and …

Electrophysiological and hemodynamic correlates of processing isolated faces have been
investigated extensively over the last decade. A question not addressed thus far is whether …

Gestational exposure to environmental toxins and socioeconomic stressors is
epidemiologically linked to neurodevelopmental disorders with strong male bias, such as …

The primary objective of the current chapter is to provide an overview of how contemporary
research in social psychology, cognitive psychology, and cognitive neuroscience can inform …

Interacting with others in the environment requires that we perceive and recognize their
movements and actions. Neuroimaging and neuropsychological studies have indicated that …

Humans optimize behavior by deriving context-based expectations. Contextual data that are
important for survival are extracted rapidly, using coarse information, adaptive decision …

Humans observe actions performed by others in many different visual and social settings.
What features do we extract and attend when we view such complex scenes, and how are …

Human faces and bodies provide important social cues, which contribute to the identification
of other people, their age and gender as well as their intentions and affective states. The …