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