Background The need to wear surgical masks in everyday life has drawn the attention of
psychologists to the negative effects of face covering on social processing. A recent but not …

Despite women experiencing and reporting more pain than men, women receive less
intensive and effective treatment for their pain. The current work leverages the well …

To study the neuronal basis of altruistic behavior, we investigated functional connectivity
within brain networks of participants who exhibited either a self-benefit behavior or an …

In this paper, we introduce a novel application of social robotics in healthcare: high fidelity,
facially expressive, robotic patient simulators (RPSs), and explore their usage within a …

Research on pain judgement has shown that several features of a target influence empathy
for others' pain. Considering the pivotal role of morality in social judgement, we investigated …

While self-pain motivates protective behaviors and self-oriented feelings, the perception of
others' pain often motivates concern and prosocial behaviors toward the person suffering …

Objectives Gender has been suggested to play a critical role in how facial expressions of
pain are perceived by others. With the present study we aim to further investigate how …

There is surmounting evidence in the literature demonstrating that social pain (eg rejection,
humiliation, and isolation) and physical pain (eg injury or assault) overlap in personal …

It has been proposed that women are better than men at recognizing emotions and pain
experienced by others. They have also been shown to be more sensitive to variations in …

The facial expression of pain can be decomposed in three sets of Action Units (AUs), the
smallest discriminating facial movements: Brow lowering (B), Nose wrinkling+ Upper lip …