2023
Neural mechanisms for emotional contagion and spontaneous mimicry of live facial expressions
Hirsch J, Zhang X, Noah J, Bhattacharya A. Neural mechanisms for emotional contagion and spontaneous mimicry of live facial expressions. Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society B Biological Sciences 2023, 378: 20210472. PMID: 36871593, PMCID: PMC9985973, DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2021.0472.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmotional contagionFacial expressionsFacial mimicryNeural correlatesAffect ratingsDyadic partnersFace processing areasRatings of emotionDistinct neural componentsShort movie clipsTwo-person paradigmFacial action unitsSpontaneous mimicryNeural underpinningsEmotional experienceNeural mechanismsSupramarginal gyrusNatural facial expressionsAction unitsRest blocksMovie clipsSocial interactionFacial classificationMovie watchersDyadic role
2022
Two-person multimodal imaging using functional near infrared spectroscopy reveals neural mechanisms for emotional contagion
Hirsch J. Two-person multimodal imaging using functional near infrared spectroscopy reveals neural mechanisms for emotional contagion. 2022, 00: 1-2. DOI: 10.1109/ipc53466.2022.9975753.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFacial mimicryNeural mechanismsRight temporal parietal junctionLive face-to-face interactionEmotional contagionTemporal parietal junctionInteractive social behaviorBehavioral findingsNeural resultsEmotion ratingsNeural systemsSocial behaviorEmotional meaningFacial expressionsHuman brainFace-to-face interactionImaging studiesFacial classificationEmotionsFNIRSHypothesisBrainParticipantsContagionIndividuals