This review summarizes human perception and processing of face and gaze signals. Face
and gaze signals are important means of non-verbal social communication. The review …

Social interaction is a complex behavior which requires the individual to integrate various
internal processes, such as social motivation, social recognition, salience, reward, and …

Infancy is a sensitive period of development, during which experiences of parental care are
particularly important for shaping the developing brain. In a longitudinal study of N= 95 …

Already as infants humans are more fearful than our closest living primate relatives, the
chimpanzees. Yet heightened fearfulness is mostly considered maladaptive, as it is thought …

On encountering a stranger, we spontaneously attribute to them character traits (eg,
trustworthiness, intelligence) based on their facial appearance. Participants can base …

ABSTRACT I believe consciousness is a property of advanced nervous systems, and as
such a product of evolution. Thus, to understand consciousness we need to describe the …

Children are often surrounded by other humans and companion animals (eg, dogs, cats);
and understanding facial expressions in all these social partners may be critical to …

Background Numerous clinical reports have suggested that psychopathy like schizophrenia,
anxiety and depression is accompanied by early attentional abnormalities in emotional …

In order to address why the number of patients suffering from anxiety and depression are
seemingly exploding in Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic (WEIRD) …

Background Major depressive disorder (MDD) is characterized by strong emotional
dysregulation. Mechanisms driving the negative affect in depression may be fast processes …