A new neuroimaging study reveals real time eye contact is a basis for effective social communication. The study found eye contact between two people simultaneously activated the same areas of each person's brain.
Researchers discover the mirror neuron system can be modified by language use.
Researchers use neuroimaging techniques to find 'Christmas spirit' in the brain.
Study reports the anterior cingulate cortex of rats contain mirror neurons that respond to pain experienced by and observations of others.
New research settles how the brain makes sense of actions it witnesses others performing in daily life.
Researchers report patients with schizophrenia exhibit abnormal brain activity in areas associated with the ability to imitate.
A new model sheds light on the evolutionary origins of empathy and other associated phenomena. The model explains observed patterns of emotional cognition between social group members.
UCLA researchers investigated how the brain responds when people watch other experience painful events. The study reports neural responses predict whether people will be inclined to avoid causing harm to others when faced with moral dilemmas.
A new study reports when a pair of monkeys interact during a social task, their brains show episodes of high synchronization.
Speech and gestures interact and that there is a strong relationship between them, a new study reports.
