Past and future of near-infrared spectroscopy in studies of emotion and social neuroscience

M Balconi, E Molteni - Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) enables the non-invasive measurement of
spatiotemporal characteristics of brain function, which has received increasing attention …

What hemodynamic (fNIRS), electrophysiological (EEG) and autonomic integrated measures can tell us about emotional processing

M Balconi, E Grippa, ME Vanutelli - Brain and cognition, 2015 - Elsevier
Due to its fast temporal evolution and its representation and integration among complex and
widespread neural networks, the emotion perception process should preferably be …

Stimulating the brain to study social interactions and empathy

S Hétu, V Taschereau-Dumouchel, PL Jackson - Brain Stimulation, 2012 - Elsevier
Empathy is a multi-dimensional concept allowing humans to understand the emotions of
others and respond adaptively from a social perspective. This mental process, essential to …

Is empathy necessary to comprehend the emotional faces? The empathic effect on attentional mechanisms (eye movements), cortical correlates (N200 event-related …

M Balconi, Y Canavesio - Cognition and Emotion, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
The present research explored the effect of social empathy on processing emotional facial
expressions. Previous evidence suggested a close relationship between emotional empathy …

[HTML][HTML] Empathy in negative and positive interpersonal interactions. What is the relationship between central (EEG, fNIRS) and peripheral (autonomic) …

M Balconi, MEME Vanutelli - Advances in cognitive psychology, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Emotional empathy is crucial to understand how we respond to interpersonal positive or
negative situations. In the present research, we aim at identifying the neural networks and …

The use of hyperscanning to investigate the role of social, affective, and informative gestures in non-verbal communication. Electrophysiological (EEG) and inter-brain …

M Balconi, G Fronda - Brain sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Communication can be considered as a joint action that involves two or more individuals
transmitting different information. In particular, non-verbal communication involves body …

Do you feel like I do? A study of spontaneous and deliberate emotion sharing and understanding between artists and perceivers of installation art.

M Pelowski, E Specker, G Gerger, H Leder… - … , Creativity, and the …, 2020 - psycnet.apa.org
Humans appear naturally inclined to both broadcasting and to perceiving each other's
emotional experiences. Especially in the area of empathy or emotion contagion, studies …