Empathy: Gender effects in brain and behavior

L Christov-Moore, EA Simpson, G Coudé… - … & biobehavioral reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
Evidence suggests that there are differences in the capacity for empathy between males and
females. However, how deep do these differences go? Stereotypically, females are …

The “Reading the Mind in the Eyes” test: Systematic review of psychometric properties and a validation study in Italy

M Vellante, S Baron-Cohen, M Melis… - Cognitive …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction. The “Reading the Mind in the Eyes” test (henceforth, Eyes test) is a simple but
advanced Theory of Mind test, and it is widely used across different cultures. This study …

Age, gender, and puberty influence the development of facial emotion recognition

K Lawrence, R Campbell, D Skuse - Frontiers in psychology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Our ability to differentiate between simple facial expressions of emotion develops between
infancy and early adulthood, yet few studies have explored the developmental trajectory of …

Context is everything (in emotion research)

KH Greenaway, EK Kalokerinos… - Social and Personality …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
As in many areas of psychological inquiry, context matters for how emotion is experienced,
expressed, perceived, and regulated. While this may sound like a truism, emotion research …

Reading language of the eyes

MA Pavlova, AA Sokolov - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
The need for assessment of social skills in clinical and neurotypical populations has led to
the widespread, and still increasing use of the 'Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test'(RMET) …

Reading covered faces

MA Pavlova, AA Sokolov - Cerebral Cortex, 2022 - academic.oup.com
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 …

Development of social skills in children: neural and behavioral evidence for the elaboration of cognitive models

P Soto-Icaza, F Aboitiz, P Billeke - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Social skills refer to a wide group of abilities that allow us to interact and communicate with
others. Children learn how to solve social situations by predicting and understanding other's …

Recognizing biological motion and emotions from point-light displays in autism spectrum disorders

E Nackaerts, J Wagemans, W Helsen, SP Swinnen… - 2012 - journals.plos.org
One of the main characteristics of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are problems with social
interaction and communication. Here, we explored ASD-related alterations in 'reading'body …

Individual differences in interpersonal accuracy: A multi-level meta-analysis to assess whether judging other people is one skill or many

K Schlegel, RT Boone, JA Hall - Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 2017 - Springer
Research into individual differences in interpersonal accuracy (IPA; the ability to accurately
judge others' emotions, intentions, traits, truthfulness, and other social characteristics) has a …

Unobtrusive tracking of interpersonal orienting and distance predicts the subjective quality of social interactions

JM Lahnakoski, PAG Forbes… - Royal Society …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Interpersonal coordination of behaviour is essential for smooth social interactions. Measures
of interpersonal behaviour, however, often rely on subjective evaluations, invasive …