The topic of typical sex and gender difference in empathy is examined in both a
developmental and neuroscientific perspective. Empathy is construed as a multi‐layered …

Animal welfare is a key issue for industries that use or impact upon animals. The accurate
identification of welfare states is particularly relevant to the field of bioscience, where the …

Although the cost of poor treatment outcomes of depression is staggering, we do not yet
have clinically useful methods for selecting the most effective antidepressant for each …

The neurological basis of affective behaviours in everyday life is not well understood. We
obtained continuous intracranial electroencephalography recordings from the human …

In recent years, many studies have shown that perceiving other individuals' direct gaze has
robust effects on various attentional and cognitive processes. However, considerably less …

This study investigated the neurocognitive mechanisms underlying the role of the eye and
the mouth regions in the recognition of facial happiness, anger, and surprise. To this end …

The role of the amygdala in emotion and social perception has been intensively investigated
primarily through studies using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Recently, this …

The amygdala reveals enhanced reactivity to fearful eye whites, even when they are
backwardly masked by a neutral face and therefore processed with limited visual …

The amygdala is suggested to serve as a key structure in the emotional brain, implicated in
diverse affective processes. Still, the bulk of existing neuroscientific investigations of the …

The amygdaloid complex plays a crucial role in processing emotional signals and in the
formation of emotional memories. Neuroimaging studies have shown human amygdala …