Degeneracy is ubiquitous across biological systems where structurally different elements
can yield a similar outcome. Degeneracy is of particular interest in neuroscience too. On the …

Affective experience colours everyday perception and cognition, yet its fundamental and
neurobiological basis is poorly understood. The current debate essentially centers around …

In order to navigate in our complex social world successfully, it is crucial to maintain and
practice cognitive skills that are dedicated to adaptive social functioning. Emerging evidence …

Human vision prioritizes emotional stimuli. This is reflected in stronger electrocortical
activation in response to emotional than neutral stimuli, measurable on the surface of the …

As a major daily task for the popularization of artificial intelligence technology, more and
more attention has been paid to the scientific research of mental state …

Background It has been argued that symptom onset in neurodegeneration reflects the
overload of compensatory mechanisms. The present study aimed to investigate whether …

Basic emotions such as happiness, sadness, and anger are universal, regardless of the
human species, and are governed by specific brain regions. A recent report revealed that …

Background The aim of this review is to (a) characterize social cognition impairments in the
domains of emotion recognition (ER) and theory of mind (ToM) in patients with epilepsy and …

Objectives During the ongoing pandemic of COVID-19, wearing face masks was
recommended, including patients with epilepsy doing the hyperventilation (HV) test during …

Prosopagnosia or loss of face perception and recognition is still poorly understood and rare
single cases of acquired prosopagnosia can provide a unique window on the behavioural …