Fiction is the simulation of selves in interaction. People who read it improve their
understanding of others. This effect is especially marked with literary fiction, which also …

Social cognition includes a range of cognitive processes that help individuals to understand
how others think and feel. There is emerging evidence that social cognitive deficits may …

Critical and stressful situations can emerge in many different forms in our daily life.
Sometimes the stressful situations can be more serious in national or global level, such as …

Emotional Intelligence (EI) has been an important and controversial topic during the last few
decades. Its significance and its correlation with many domains of life has made it the …

Historically, research on emotion perception has focused on facial expressions, and findings
from this modality have come to dominate our thinking about other modalities. Here we …

Perspective-taking refers to the ability to recognize another person's point of view. Crucial to
the development of interpersonal relationships and prosocial behavior, perspective-taking is …

Social cognition refers to a set of processes, ranging from perception to decision‐making,
underlying the ability to decode others' intentions and behaviors to plan actions fitting with …

Abstract concepts play a central role in human behaviour and constitute a critical component
of the human conceptual system. Here, we investigate the neural basis of four types of …

Gratitude is an important aspect of human sociality, and is valued by religions and moral
philosophies. It has been established that gratitude leads to benefits for both mental health …

Virtual reality is a powerful tool in human behaviour research. However, few studies
compare its capacity to evoke the same emotional responses as in real scenarios. This study …