Children with facial paralysis due to Moebius syndrome exhibit reduced autonomic modulation during emotion processing

Children with facial paralysis due to Moebius syndrome exhibit reduced autonomic modulation during emotion processing

Abstract Background Facial mimicry is crucial in the recognition of others’ emotional state. Thus, the observation of others’ facial expressions activates the same neural representation of that affective state in the observer, along with related autonomic and somatic responses. What happens, therefo...

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Main Authors: Elisa De Stefani, Martina Ardizzi, Ylenia Nicolini, Mauro Belluardo, Anna Barbot, Chiara Bertolini, Gioacchino Garofalo, Bernardo Bianchi, Gino Coudé, Lynne Murray, Pier Francesco Ferrari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Subjects:
Moebius children
Facial expressions
Autonomic nervous system
Thermal infrared imaging
Respiratory sinus arrhythmia
Emotion recognition
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s11689-019-9272-2

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