Faces in context: A review and systematization of contextual influences on affective face processing
Facial expressions are of eminent importance for social interaction as they convey
information about other individuals' emotions and social intentions. According to the …
information about other individuals' emotions and social intentions. According to the …
Neurocognitive mechanisms of gaze-expression interactions in face processing and social attention
The face conveys a rich source of non-verbal information used during social communication.
While research has revealed how specific facial channels such as emotional expression are …
While research has revealed how specific facial channels such as emotional expression are …
Amygdala responses to averted vs direct gaze fear vary as a function of presentation speed
RB Adams Jr, RG Franklin Jr, K Kveraga… - Social Cognitive and …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
We examined whether amygdala responses to rapidly presented fear expressions are
preferentially tuned to averted vs direct gaze fear and conversely whether responses to …
preferentially tuned to averted vs direct gaze fear and conversely whether responses to …
Prioritization of danger-related social signals during threat-induced anxiety.
Under threat, the combinations of fearful display and gaze orientation emitted by others can
provide crucial information about the presence and location of the danger, as well as …
provide crucial information about the presence and location of the danger, as well as …
Emotional gaze: The effects of gaze direction on the perception of facial emotions
J Liang, YQ Zou, SY Liang, YW Wu, WJ Yan - Frontiers in psychology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Previous research has found that when gaze direction matches the underlying behavioral
intent communicated by the expression of a specific emotion, it enhances or facilitates the …
intent communicated by the expression of a specific emotion, it enhances or facilitates the …
How facial masks alter the interaction of gaze direction, head orientation, and emotion recognition
L Thomas, C von Castell, H Hecht - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The COVID-19 pandemic has altered the way we interact with each other: mandatory mask-
wearing obscures facial information that is crucial for emotion recognition. Whereas the …
wearing obscures facial information that is crucial for emotion recognition. Whereas the …
The spatial logic of fear
Peripersonal space (PPS) refers to the space surrounding the body. PPS is characterised by
distinctive patterns of multisensory integration and sensory-motor interaction. In addition …
distinctive patterns of multisensory integration and sensory-motor interaction. In addition …
Magnocellular and parvocellular pathway contributions to facial threat cue processing
Human faces evolved to signal emotions, with their meaning contextualized by eye gaze.
For instance, a fearful expression paired with averted gaze clearly signals both presence of …
For instance, a fearful expression paired with averted gaze clearly signals both presence of …
Observer's anxiety facilitates magnocellular processing of clear facial threat cues, but impairs parvocellular processing of ambiguous facial threat cues
Facial expression and eye gaze provide a shared signal about threats. While a fear
expression with averted gaze clearly points to the source of threat, direct-gaze fear renders …
expression with averted gaze clearly points to the source of threat, direct-gaze fear renders …
Neurodynamics and connectivity during facial fear perception: The role of threat exposure and signal congruity
Fearful faces convey threat cues whose meaning is contextualized by eye gaze: While
averted gaze is congruent with facial fear (both signal avoidance), direct gaze (an approach …
averted gaze is congruent with facial fear (both signal avoidance), direct gaze (an approach …