Although a large proportion of our lives are spent participating in social interactions, the
investigation of the neural mechanisms supporting these interactions has largely been …

This article provides a review of the increasingly detailed imaging literature on the
neurodevelopment of joint attention. Many findings from this literature support and inform the …

As a consequence of lockdowns due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the
resulting restricted social mobility, several billion people worldwide have recently had to …

As virtual reality (VR) technology and systems become more commercially available and
accessible, more and more psychologists are starting to integrate VR as part of their …

The role of robots in society keeps expanding and diversifying, bringing with it a host of
issues surrounding the relationship between robots and humans. This introduction to human …

An essential tension can be found between researchers interested in ecological validity and
those concerned with maintaining experimental control. Research in the human …

In recent years, researchers have used hyperscanning techniques to explore how brains
interact during various human activities. These studies have revealed a phenomenon called …

Many group-living animals, humans included, occasionally synchronize their behavior with
that of conspecifics. Social psychology and neuroscience have attempted to explain this …

In spite of the remarkable progress made in the burgeoning field of social neuroscience, the
neural mechanisms that underlie social encounters are only beginning to be studied and …

Social interactions involve complex exchanges of a variety of social signals, such as gaze,
facial expressions, speech and gestures. Focusing on the dual function of eye gaze, this …