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View article: Modality-specific brain representations during automatic processing of face, voice and body expressions
Modality-specific brain representations during automatic processing of face, voice and body expressions Open
A central question in affective science and one that is relevant for its clinical applications is how emotions provided by different stimuli are experienced and represented in the brain. Following the traditional view emotional signals are…
View article: Voxelwise encoding models of body stimuli reveal a representational gradient from low-level visual features to postural features in occipitotemporal cortex
Voxelwise encoding models of body stimuli reveal a representational gradient from low-level visual features to postural features in occipitotemporal cortex Open
View article: Voxelwise encoding models of body stimuli reveal a representational gradient from low-level visual features to postural features in extrastriate body area
Voxelwise encoding models of body stimuli reveal a representational gradient from low-level visual features to postural features in extrastriate body area Open
Previous research has focused on the role of the extrastriate body area (EBA) in category-specific body representation, but the specific features that are represented in this area are not well understood. This study used ultra-high field f…
View article: The power of tears: Observers’ brain responses show that tears provide unambiguous signals independent of scene context
The power of tears: Observers’ brain responses show that tears provide unambiguous signals independent of scene context Open
Only humans produce emotional tears, a fact that has been linked to triggering empathy, social bonding, and providing support in observers. Consequently, either the tears themselves play a crucial role in eliciting such behavior, or, alter…
View article: Brain morphometric changes in congenitally blind subjects: a 7 Tesla MRI study
Brain morphometric changes in congenitally blind subjects: a 7 Tesla MRI study Open
We used ultra-high field (7 Tesla) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at submillimeter resolution to assess structural brain changes in congenitally blind (CB) compared to matched normal sighted control (SC) subject groups. Region-of-interes…
View article: Decoding the difference between explicit and implicit body expression representation in high level visual, prefrontal and inferior parietal cortex
Decoding the difference between explicit and implicit body expression representation in high level visual, prefrontal and inferior parietal cortex Open
Recent studies provide an increasing understanding of how visual objects categories like faces or bodies are represented in the brain and also raised the question whether a category based or more dynamic network inspired models are more po…
View article: Being the victim of virtual abuse changes default mode network responses to emotional expressions
Being the victim of virtual abuse changes default mode network responses to emotional expressions Open
View article: The representation of bodies in high level visual, prefrontal and inferior parietal cortex varies with explicit vs. implicit expression perception
The representation of bodies in high level visual, prefrontal and inferior parietal cortex varies with explicit vs. implicit expression perception Open
Recent studies provide an increasingly understanding of how visual objects categories like faces or bodies are represented in the brain but also raised the question whether a category based or more network inspired models are more powerful…
View article: Computation-Based Feature Representation of Body Expressions in the Human Brain
Computation-Based Feature Representation of Body Expressions in the Human Brain Open
Humans and other primate species are experts at recognizing body expressions. To understand the underlying perceptual mechanisms, we computed postural and kinematic features from affective whole-body movement videos and related them to bra…
View article: The role of computational and subjective features in emotional body expressions
The role of computational and subjective features in emotional body expressions Open
View article: Limb contraction drives fear perception
Limb contraction drives fear perception Open
Humans and other primate species are experts at recognizing affective information from body movements but the underlying brain mechanisms are still largely unknown. Previous research focusing on the brain representation of symbolic emotion…
View article: Decoding of emotion expression in the face, body and voice reveals sensory modality specific representations
Decoding of emotion expression in the face, body and voice reveals sensory modality specific representations Open
A central issue in affective science is whether the brain represents the emotional expressions of faces, bodies and voices as abstract categories in which auditory and visual information converge in higher order conceptual and amodal repre…
View article: Threat Anticipation in Pulvinar and in Superficial Layers of Primary Visual Cortex (V1). Evidence from Layer-Specific Ultra-High Field 7T fMRI
Threat Anticipation in Pulvinar and in Superficial Layers of Primary Visual Cortex (V1). Evidence from Layer-Specific Ultra-High Field 7T fMRI Open
The perceptual system gives priority to threat-relevant signals with survival value. In addition to the processing initiated by sensory inputs of threat signals, prioritization of threat signals may also include processes related to threat…
View article: Anterior and posterior commissures in agenesis of the corpus callosum: Alternative pathways for attention processes?
Anterior and posterior commissures in agenesis of the corpus callosum: Alternative pathways for attention processes? Open
Developmental absence (agenesis) of the corpus callosum (AgCC) is a congenital brain malformation resulting from disruption of corpus callosum formation, a structure that is crucial for the transfer and integration of information, includin…
View article: Confidence of emotion expression recognition recruits brain regions outside the face perception network
Confidence of emotion expression recognition recruits brain regions outside the face perception network Open
Metacognitive beliefs about emotions expressed by others are crucial to social life, yet very little studied. To what extent does our confidence in emotion expression recognition depend on perceptual or other non-perceptual information? We…
View article: Classical paintings may trigger pain and pleasure in the gendered brain
Classical paintings may trigger pain and pleasure in the gendered brain Open
View article: Looking at the face and seeing the whole body. Neural basis of combined face and body expressions
Looking at the face and seeing the whole body. Neural basis of combined face and body expressions Open
In the natural world, faces are not isolated objects but are rather encountered in the context of the whole body. Previous work has studied the perception of combined faces and bodies using behavioural and electrophysiological measurements…
View article: Neural correlates of working memory in children and adolescents with agenesis of the corpus callosum: An fMRI study
Neural correlates of working memory in children and adolescents with agenesis of the corpus callosum: An fMRI study Open
View article: Examining distinct working memory processes in children and adolescents using fMRI: Results and validation of a modified Brown-Peterson paradigm
Examining distinct working memory processes in children and adolescents using fMRI: Results and validation of a modified Brown-Peterson paradigm Open
Verbal working memory (WM) comprises different processes (encoding, maintenance, retrieval) that are often compromised in brain diseases, but their neural correlates have not yet been examined in childhood and adolescence. To probe WM proc…
View article: Structural white-matter connections mediating distinct behavioral components of spatial neglect in right brain-damaged patients
Structural white-matter connections mediating distinct behavioral components of spatial neglect in right brain-damaged patients Open