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ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2024

The blushing brain: neural substrates of cheek temperature increase in response to self-observation.

Milica Nikolić, Simone di Plinio, Disa Sauter, Christian Keysers, Valeria Gazzola

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Article in Proceedings. Biological sciences, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. The expression of self-conscious emotions and their motivational and communicative function in early development.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Milica NikolićInstitute for Child Development and Education, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1018 WS, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-7898-6012
Simone di PlinioDepartment of Neuroscience, Imaging, and Clinical Sciences, D'Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara, Pescara 66100, Italy.
Disa SauterPsychology Institute, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1018 WS, The Netherlands.
Christian Keysers *Psychology Institute, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1018 WS, The Netherlands.
Valeria Gazzola *Psychology Institute, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1018 WS, The Netherlands.

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Amsterdam Brain and CognitionBerlin Institute for Advanced StudiesNederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Darwin proposed that blushing-the reddening of the face owing to heightened self-awareness-is 'the most human of all expressions'. Yet, relatively little is known about the underlying mechanisms of blushing. Theories diverge on whether it is a rapid, spontaneous emotional response that does not involve reflection upon the self or whether it results from higher-order socio-cognitive processes. Investigating the neural substrates of blushing can shed light on the mental processes underlying blushing and the mechanisms involved in self-awareness. To reveal neural activity associated with blushing, 16-20 year-old participants (

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CheekEmotionsMagnetic Resonance ImagingAdolescentBrainFemaleHumansMaleSingingYoung Adultblushingembarrassmentself-awareness

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PMID39013420
PMCPMC11251765

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