The mirror mechanism is a basic brain mechanism that transforms sensory representations
of others' behaviour into one's own motor or visceromotor representations concerning that …

People are very skilled at understanding each other's facial expressions. The physiological
literature also suggests differences in the neural coding of facial identity and expression in …

As a highly social species, humans generate complex facial expressions to communicate a
diverse range of emotions. Since Darwin's work, identifying among these complex patterns …

Neurofeedback, one of the primary examples of self-regulation, designates a collection of
techniques that train the brain and help to improve its function. Since coming on the scene in …

Human perception is invariably accompanied by a graded feeling of confidence that guides
metacognitive awareness and decision-making. It is often assumed that this arises solely …

Nearly 20 years ago, Bruce and Young1 presented a model of face recognition that posited
separate functional routes for the recognition of facial identity and facial expression. This …

Neurocognitive impairment in Huntington's disease (HD) frequently includes deficits in
emotion recognition, and recent studies have also provided evidence for deficits in theory of …

Behavioral disturbances and lack of empathy are distinctive clinical features of behavioral
variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) in comparison to Alzheimer disease (AD). The aim …

In today's Western society, concerns regarding body size and negative feelings toward one's
body are all too common. However, little is known about the neural mechanisms underlying …

Recent evidence suggests that postpartum depression is associated with reduced amygdala
(AMY) response to negative stimuli. However, given the anhedonic features of PPD, it is …