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Emotions in word and face processing: Early and late cortical responses by Schacht, Annekathrin, Sommer, Werner

“…Recent research suggests that emotion effects in word processing resemble those in other stimulus domains such as pictures or faces. The present study aims to…”
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Does processing of emotional facial expressions depend on intention? Time-resolved evidence from event-related brain potentials by Rellecke, Julian, Sommer, Werner, Schacht, Annekathrin

“…► We examined the automaticity of processing emotional facial expressions. ► Event-related potentials were observed across different task conditions. ►…”
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Cognitive abilities are associated with specific conjunctions of structural and functional neural subnetworks by Kristanto, Daniel, Hildebrandt, Andrea, Sommer, Werner, Zhou, Changsong

“…•Structural brain networks partly agree with functional brain networks.•Distinct nature of abilities is represented by unique conjunction of brain…”
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Predicting reading ability from brain anatomy and function: From areas to connections by Kristanto, Daniel, Liu, Mianxin, Liu, Xinyang, Sommer, Werner, Zhou, Changsong

“…Reading is a complex task involving different brain areas. As a crystallized ability, reading is also known to have effects on brain structure and function…”
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Cognitive simulation along with neural adaptation explain effects of suggestions: a novel theoretical framework by Zahedi, Anoushiravan, Lynn, Steven Jay, Sommer, Werner

“…Hypnosis is an effective intervention with proven efficacy that is employed in clinical settings and for investigating various cognitive processes. Despite…”
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Human Microsaccade-Related Visual Brain Responses by Dimigen, Olaf, Valsecchi, Matteo, Sommer, Werner, Kliegl, Reinhold

“…Microsaccades are very small, involuntary flicks in eye position that occur on average once or twice per second during attempted visual fixation. Microsaccades…”
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Patterns of individual differences in fiber tract integrity of the face processing brain network support neurofunctional models by Liu, Xinyang, Hildebrandt, Andrea, Meyer, Kristina, Sommer, Werner, Zhou, Changsong

“…Face cognition, the ability to perceive faces and interpret facial information, is a crucial skill in human social interactions. At the neurobiological level,…”
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Facial EMG responses to emotional expressions are related to emotion perception ability by Künecke, Janina, Hildebrandt, Andrea, Recio, Guillermo, Sommer, Werner, Wilhelm, Oliver

“…Although most people can identify facial expressions of emotions well, they still differ in this ability. According to embodied simulation theories…”
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Emotion Effects on the N170: A Question of Reference? by Rellecke, Julian, Sommer, Werner, Schacht, Annekathrin

“…We investigated whether face-specific processes as indicated by the N170 in event-related brain potentials (ERPs) are modulated by emotional significance in…”
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Revising the link between microsaccades and the spatial cueing of voluntary attention by Meyberg, Susann, Sinn, Petra, Engbert, Ralf, Sommer, Werner

“…•Microsaccades (MS) reflect two attention mechanisms during covert attention shifts.•MS align with the direction of a cued shift of voluntary attention.•MS…”
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Electrophysiological correlates of perceiving and evaluating static and dynamic facial emotional expressions by Recio, Guillermo, Sommer, Werner, Schacht, Annekathrin

“…Abstract Recent evidence suggests that dynamic facial expressions of emotion unfolding over time are better recognized than static images. However, the…”
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On the Relationship of Emotional Abilities and Prosocial Behavior by Kaltwasser, Laura, Hildebrandt, Andrea, Wilhelm, Oliver, Sommer, Werner

“…Abstract The ability to perceive and infer the meaning of facial expressions has been considered a critical component of emotional intelligence being essential…”
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Perceiving and remembering emotional facial expressions — A basic facet of emotional intelligence by Hildebrandt, Andrea, Sommer, Werner, Schacht, Annekathrin, Wilhelm, Oliver

“…Decoding the meaning of facial expressions is a major pathway of human communication and has been extensively studied as a basic facet of emotional…”
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Parafoveal processing in reading Chinese sentences: Evidence from event-related brain potentials by Li, Nan, Niefind, Florian, Wang, Suiping, Sommer, Werner, Dimigen, Olaf

“…Natural reading involves the preprocessing of upcoming words, resulting in shorter fixations on words visible in the parafovea during preceding fixations…”
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Overlapping but Language-Specific Mechanisms in Morphosyntactic Processing in Highly Competent L2 Acquired at School Entry: fMRI Evidence From an Alternating Language Switching Task by Meykadeh, Azam, Golfam, Arsalan, Batouli, Seyed Amir Hossein, Sommer, Werner

“…Many bilingual individuals acquire their second language when entering primary school; however, very few studies have investigated morphosyntax processing in…”
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The Left-Side Bias Is Reduced to Other-Race Faces in Caucasian Individuals by Kang, Jing, Li, Chenglin, Sommer, Werner, Cao, Xiaohua

“…One stable marker of face perception appears to be left-side bias, the tendency to rely more on information conveyed by the left side of the face than the…”
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Font size matters--emotion and attention in cortical responses to written words by Bayer, Mareike, Sommer, Werner, Schacht, Annekathrin

“…For emotional pictures with fear-, disgust-, or sex-related contents, stimulus size has been shown to increase emotion effects in attention-related…”
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Impacts of motivational valence on the error-related negativity elicited by full and partial errors by Maruo, Yuya, Schacht, Annekathrin, Sommer, Werner, Masaki, Hiroaki

“…•We studied error-related negativities (ERNs) elicited by full and partial errors.•We manipulated motivational valence by reward and punishment, and measured…”
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MEG/EEG sources of the 170-ms response to faces are co-localized in the fusiform gyrus by Deffke, Iris, Sander, Tilmann, Heidenreich, Jens, Sommer, Werner, Curio, Gabriel, Trahms, Lutz, Lueschow, Andreas

“…The 170-ms electrophysiological processing stage (N170 in EEG, M170 in MEG) is considered an important computational step in face processing. Hence its…”
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Emotion Recognition in Nonverbal Face-to-Face Communication by Künecke, Janina, Wilhelm, Oliver, Sommer, Werner

“…The perception of emotional facial expressions may activate corresponding facial muscles in the receiver, also referred to as facial mimicry. Facial mimicry is…”
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