Artificial intelligence advances have led to robots endowed with increasingly sophisticated
social abilities. These machines speak to our innate desire to perceive social cues in the …

Studying the neural basis of human dynamic visual perception requires extensive
experimental data to evaluate the large swathes of functionally diverse brain neural …

Representational similarity analysis (RSA) is a computational technique that uses pairwise
comparisons of stimuli to reveal their representation in higher-order space. In the context of …

The ability to comprehend the intention conveyed through human body movements is crucial
for effective interpersonal interactions. If people can't understand the intention behind other …

The observation of others' actions activates a network of temporal, parietal and
premotor/prefrontal areas in macaque monkeys and humans. This action-observation …

Visual perception of actions is supported by a network of brain regions in the occipito-
temporal, parietal, and premotor cortex in the primate brain, known as the Action …

In studies of cognitive neuroscience, multivariate pattern analysis (MVPA) is widely used as
it offers richer information than traditional univariate analysis. Representational similarity …

Gestures are an integral part of in-person conversations and complement the meaning of the
speech they accompany. The neural processing of co-speech gestures is supported by a …

During interpersonal interactions, people perform actions with different forms of vitality,
communicating their positive or negative attitude toward others. For example, a handshake …

Mind perception is considered to be the ability to attribute mental states to non-human
beings. As social robots increasingly become part of our lives, one important question for …