Daily life demands that we differentiate between a multitude of emotional facial expressions
(EFEs). The mirror neuron system (MNS) is becoming increasingly implicated as a neural …

Tears are a facial expression of emotion that readily elicit empathic responses from
observers. It is currently unknown whether these empathic responses to tears are influenced …

Opera is a performing art in which music plays the leading role, and the acting of singers has
a synergistic effect with the music. The mirror neuron system represents the …

Sensorimotor brain areas have been implicated in the recognition of emotion expressed on
the face and through nonverbal vocalizations. However, no previous study has assessed …

Increasingly, in the field of communication, education, and business, people are switching to
video interaction, and interlocutors frequently complain that the perception of nonverbal …

Shared attention experiments examine the potential differences in function or behavior when
stimuli are experienced alone or in the presence of others, and when simultaneous attention …

Self-face recognition is a vital aspect of self-referential processing, which is closely related to
affective states. However, neuroimaging research on self-face recognition in adults with …

The high levels of polarization raise concerns about individuals' decreased ability to
empathize and understand the representatives of political out-groups. As such, our political …

Actions are rarely devoid of emotional content. Thus, a more complete picture of the neural
mechanisms underlying the mental simulation of observed actions requires more research …

The integration of vision and touch is proposed as a critical factor for processing one's own
body and the bodies of others in the brain. We hypothesize that tactile stimulation on an …