Mauro Belluardo, Elisa De Stefani, Anna Barbot, Bernardo Bianchi, Cecilia Zannoni, Alberto Ferrari, Holly Rayson, Santo Di Nuovo, Giovanni Belluardo, Paola Sessa, Pier Francesco Ferrari
Temporal dynamics of behavior, particularly facial expressions, are fundamental for communication between individuals from very early in development. Facial expression processing has been widely demonstrated to involve embodied simulative processes mediated by the motor system. Such processes may be impaired in patients with congenital facial palsy, including those affected by Moebius syndrome (MBS). The aims of this study were to investigate (a) the role of motor mechanisms in the processing of dynamic facial expression timing by testing patients affected by congenital facial palsy and (b) age-dependent effects on such processing...
April 19, 2022: Brain Sciences