• On the brain struggles to recognize basic facial emotions with face masks: an fMRI study 

      Aboutalebi, Jubin; Gallo, Federico; Fedeli, Davide; Houdayer, Elise; Zangrillo, Federica; Emedoli, Daniele; Spina, Alfio; Bellini, Camilla; Del Maschio, Nicola; Iannaccone, Sandro; Alemanno, Federica (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-01-26)
      Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic impacted public health and our lifestyles, leading to new social adaptations such as quarantine, social distancing, and facial masks. Face masks, covering extended facial zones, hamper our ability to extract relevant socio-emotional information from others’ faces. In this fMRI study, we investigated how face masks interfere with facial emotion recognition, ...