Reduced eye contact early in life may play a role in the developmental pathways that
culminate in a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder. However, there are contradictory …

Classical neurophysiology suggests that the motor cortex (MI) has a unique role in action
control. In contrast, this review presents evidence for multiple parieto-frontal spinal …

The fully updated eighth edition of Cognitive Psychology: A Student's Handbook provides
comprehensive yet accessible coverage of all the key areas in the field ranging from visual …

Mirror neurons (MNs) are a class of cells originally discovered in the monkey ventral
premotor cortex (PMv) and inferior parietal lobule (IPL). They discharge during both action …

Contagious depression is a theory proposing that depression can be induced or triggered by
our social environment. This theory is based on emotional contagion, the idea that affective …

Humans and monkey studies showed that specific sectors of cerebellum and basal ganglia
activate not only during execution but also during observation of hand actions. However, it is …

The finding of mirror neurons (MNs) has provided a biological substrate to a new concept of
cognition, relating data on actions and perceptions not only to integrate perception in action …

Laughter is a complex motor behavior occurring in both emotional and nonemotional
contexts. Here, we investigated whether the different functions of laughter are mediated by …

In the present study we reevaluated the parcellation scheme of the macaque frontal
agranular cortex by implementing quantitative cytoarchitectonic and multireceptor analyses …

According to the Darwinian perspective, facial expressions of emotions evolved to quickly
communicate emotional states and would serve adaptive functions that promote social …