The neural correlates of emotion alignment in social interaction

Kristin Prehn1, Christoph W Korn1, Malek Bajbouj1

  • 1Cluster of Excellence 'Languages of Emotion', Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany, Dahlem Institute for Neuroimaging of Emotion, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany, Department of Neurology & NeuroCure Clinical Research Center, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany, Department of Education and Psychology, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany, Berlin School of Mind and Brain, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany, Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics, University of Zurich, 8032 Zurich, Switzerland, Department of Psychiatry, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 14050 Berlin, Germany, Department of Linguistics, Institut für Deutsche und Niederländische Philologie, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany, and Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, 60322 Frankfurt/Main, Germany Cluster of Excellence 'Languages of Emotion', Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany, Dahlem Institute for Neuroimaging of Emotion, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany, Department of Neurology & NeuroCure Clinical Research Center, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany, Department of Education and Psychology, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany, Berlin School of Mind and Brain, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany, Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics, University of Zurich, 8032 Zurich, Switzerland, Department of Psychiatry, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 14050 Berlin, Germany, Department of Linguistics, Institut für Deutsche und Niederländische Philologie, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany, and Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, 60322 Frankfurt/Main, Germany Cluster of Excellence 'Languages of Emotion', Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany, Dahlem Institute for Neuroimaging of Emotion, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany,

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