Neuroscientists have sought to identify the underlying neural systems supporting social
processing that allow interaction and communication, forming social relationships, and …

Previous studies have found that poor social functioning is related to impaired facial
expression recognition in individuals with Internet gaming disorder (IGD). However, these …

Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a neurodegenerative disease that presents with profound
changes in social cognition. Music might be a sensitive probe for social cognition abilities …

Background Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a debilitating disorder defined by the
onset of intrusive, avoidant, negative cognitive or affective, and/or hyperarousal symptoms …

Processing affective prosody, that is the emotional tone of a speaker, is fundamental to
human communication and adaptive behaviors. Previous studies have mainly focused on …

Cultural context shapes the way that emotions are expressed and socially interpreted.
Building on previous research looking at cultural differences in judgements of facial …

In everyday life, visual information often precedes the auditory one, hence influencing its
evaluation (eg, seeing somebody's angry face makes us expect them to speak to us angrily) …

People use their voices to communicate not only verbally but also emotionally. This article
presents theories and methodologies that concern emotional vocalizations at the …

Previous studies have shown that the cross-modal pre-preparation effect is an important
factor for audiovisual integration. However, the facilitating influence of the pre-preparation …

Affective prosody is an indispensable cognitive cue that moderates social activities, and has
become a prevailing research topic in psychology-related disciplines. The present study …