Most past research on emotion recognition has used photographs of posed expressions
intended to depict the apex of the emotional display. Although these studies have provided …

Emotional contagion has long been conceptualized as the automatic transfer of affective
states between people, similar to the spread of diseases. New evidence, however, has …

Despite advances in the conceptualisation of facial mimicry, its role in the processing of
social information is a matter of debate. In the present study, we investigated the relationship …

Social interaction deficits are evident in many psychiatric conditions and specifically in
autism spectrum disorder (ASD), but hard to assess objectively. We present a digital tool to …

Real-life faces are dynamic by nature, particularly when expressing emotion. Increasing
evidence suggests that the perception of dynamic displays enhances facial mimicry and …

Scientists, humanists, and art lovers alike value art not just for its beauty, but also for its
social and epistemic importance; that is, for its communicative nature, its capacity to increase …

Covert facial mimicry involves subtle facial muscle activation in observers when they
perceive the facial emotional expressions of others. It remains uncertain whether …

Purpose This study aims to analyze the most effective type of emoji for deriving positive
marketing results by determining whether the relationship between brand attitude, brand …

Facial occlusion alters social processes that rely on face visibility, including spontaneous
mimicry of emotions. Given that facial mimicry of emotions is theorized to play an important …

Recent studies have suggested that the right inferior frontal gyrus (rIFG) may be involved in
pain‐related empathy. To verify the role of the rIFG, we performed a functional magnetic …