Review of Psychology

Neuroscience

How does nonverbal behavior reflect and impact the brain and peripheral nervous system? One area of study concerns empathy as it is manifested in neural activity, interpersonal judgment, and NVB (Christov-Moore & Iacoboni 2015, Klimecki & Singer 2013). One line of research shows that reacting to others’ emotion cues can involve different neural pathways representing emotional resonance (mirroring) and mental states attribution (mentalizing) (Dore et al. 2015,´ Zaki et al. 2009). Another developing line of research is in the study of neurological and physiological processes that co-occur between people in interaction (Babiloni & Astolfi 2014, Finset 2014). Understanding the interconnections between brain activity, including activation of mirror neurons, and interpersonal mimicry or synchrony, emotional contagion, interpersonal accuracy, and other interpersonal phenomena will continue to be an important goal.