Mariska E. Kret

TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of emotional valence, sex of observed and sex of the observer on regional brain activations were studied and found that women are better at recognizing emotions and expressing themselves more easily, while men show greater responses to threatening cues (dominant, violent or aggressive) and this may reflect different behavioral response tendencies between men and women.

TL;DR: It is concluded that oxytocin shifts the individual’s focus from self to group-serving cognition and decision-making, and that these tendencies are stronger for males with highrather than low fetal testosterone vs. estradiol exposure, and high rather than low empathic concern.

TL;DR: This work reviews behavioral, electrophysiological and neurofunctional studies on whole body and bodily expression perception against the background of what is known about face perception and argues for a more theoretically motivated comparison of faces and bodies.

TL;DR: It is argued that automatic mimicry is a precursor to healthy social development and a synthesized model, built upon integrative knowledge from various fields, provides a promising avenue for future research investigating the role of mimicry in human mental health and social development.

TL;DR: It appears that oxytocin motivates and enables humans to like and empathize with others in their groups, comply with group norms and cultural practices, and extend and reciprocate trust and cooperation, which may give rise to intergroup discrimination and sometimes defensive aggression against threatening out-groups.