Socio-cognitive skills are crucial for successful interpersonal interactions. Two particularly
important socio-cognitive processes are emotion perception (EP) and theory of mind (ToM) …

The application of functional neuroimaging to the study of human emotion has yielded
valuable data; however, the conclusions that may be drawn from any one study are limited …

We performed quantitative meta-analyses on 65 neuroimaging studies of emotion. In an
earlier report (NeuroImage 16 (2002), 331). we examined the effects of induction method …

Recent research indicates that (a) the perception and expression of facial emotion are
lateralized to a great extent in the right hemisphere, and,(b) whereas facial expressions of …

The ability to attribute thoughts and feelings to self and others (theory of mind') has been
hypothesised to have an innate neural basis and a dedicated cognitive mechanism …

An array of cortical and subcortical structures have been implicated in the recognition of
emotion from facial expressions. It remains unknown how these regions communicate as …

There is considerable evidence that individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) experience
problems interpreting the emotional state of others. However, the functional implications of …

In monkeys increasing serotonin function enhances affiliative interactions and promotes the
acquisition of dominance. To examine whether similar effects occur in humans, we treated …

Background: Theorists differ in their opinion whether interpersonal difficulties in depression
is associated more with perceptual impairment or with emotional bias. The present study …

Background While hemispheric specialization of language processing is well established,
lateralization of emotion processing is still under debate. Several conflicting hypotheses …