Brain responds to another person's eye blinks in a natural setting-the more empathetic the viewer the stronger the responses

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2508-2514

  Mandel, Anne ^a   Helokunnas, Siiri ^a   Pihko, Elina ^a   Hari, Riitta ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cortex; Eye movements; Magnetoencephalography; Social cognition; Visual evoked responses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION ASSESSMENT; EMPATHIC CONCERN; EMPATHY; EYE TRACKING; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL REACTIVITY INDEX; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; VISUAL STIMULATION; BLINKING; BRAIN; EYE MOVEMENT; FACIAL RECOGNITION; HEARING; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OCULOGRAPHY; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VIDEORECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BLINKING; BRAIN; EMPATHY; EYE MOVEMENT MEASUREMENTS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FACIAL RECOGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; NARRATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VIDEO RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84944514257     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.13011     Document Type: Article

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