Whilst recent neuroimaging studies have identified a series of different brain regions as being involved in empathy, it remains unclear concerning the activation consistence of these …
Laughter is often considered to be the product of humour. However, laughter is a social emotion, occurring most often in interactions, where it is associated with bonding …
S Koelsch - Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
During the last years, a number of studies demonstrated that music listening (and even more so music production) activates a multitude of brain structures involved in cognitive …
L Fadiga, L Craighero… - Annals of the New York …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The work of Paul Broca has been of pivotal importance in the localization of some higher cognitive brain functions. He first reported that lesions to the caudal part of the inferior frontal …
Affective sounds are an integral part of the natural and social environment that shape and influence behavior across a multitude of species. In human primates, these affective sounds …
DA Sauter, F Eisner, AJ Calder… - Quarterly journal of …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Work on facial expressions of emotions (Calder, Burton, Miller, Young, & Akamatsu,[2001]) and emotionally inflected speech (Banse & Scherer,[1996]) has successfully delineated …
Although the supplementary and pre-supplementary motor areas have been intensely investigated in relation to their motor functions, they are also consistently reported in studies …
One distinctive feature of individuals with psychopathy is their reduced motivation and capacity to develop authentic social relationships, which are founded on an enjoyment of …
Our vocal tone—the prosody—contributes a lot to the meaning of speech beyond the actual words. Indeed, the hesitant tone of a" yes" may be more telling than its affirmative lexical …