Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is a neurotransmitter or neuromodulator that mainly exists in the
nervous system. It plays a neuroprotective role in organisms and widely participates in the …

Research on stress and disease has often afforded an important role to emotion, typically
conceptualized in broad categories (eg, negative emotions), viewed as playing a causal role …

The scientific study of social cognition is a growing field which promises to deliver valuable
insights into how the brain underpins human's social success. However, the poor ecological …

Caregiving for a person with dementia or neurodegenerative disease is associated with
increased rates of depression and anxiety. As the population ages and dementia prevalence …

Empathic accuracy, the ability to accurately understand other people's emotions, is typically
viewed as beneficial for mental health. However, empathic accuracy may be problematic …

Although research suggests distressed individuals benefit from others' empathy, it is unclear
how an individual's level of empathy influences dyadic responses during emotional …

Behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) is a neurodegenerative disease
characterized by profound changes in emotions and empathy. Although most patients with …

The representation and demonstration of human values are intimately tied to our status as a
social species. Humans are relatively unique in our ability to form enduring social …

Background: Facial emotion recognition (FER) is commonly impaired in individuals with
neurodegenerative disease (NDD). This impairment has been linked to an increase in …

Deficits in emotion perception (the ability to infer others' emotions accurately) can occur as a
result of neurodegeneration. It remains unclear how different neurodegenerative diseases …