psychology

BODY LANGUAGE: EMBODIED PERCEPTION OF EMOTION
Charlotte B.A. Sinke1,2, Mariska E. Kret1 & Beatrice de Gelder1,3*,
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Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Laboratory, Tilburg University, Tilburg, the

Netherlands
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Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the

Netherlands
3

Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital,

Charlestown, Massachusetts
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Corresponding author

List of abbreviations
AMG = amygdala; almond-shaped nucleus in anterior temporal lobe
EBA = extrastriate body area; brain area lying in temporal-occipital sulcus which is specifically involved in processing bodies
EEG = electroencephalography; a method to measure electrical activity from the scalp related to cortical activity
ERP = event-related potential; EEG waves time locked to specific stimuli
FBA = fusiform body area; brain area in the fusiform gyrus that is specifically involved in processing bodies
FFA = fusiform face area; brain area in the fusiform gyrus that is specifically involved in processing faces
FG = fusiform gyrus; part of the temporal lobe that is involved in visual processing fMRI = functional magnetic resonance imaging; brain imaging method that measures the hemodynamic response (change in blood flow) related to neural activity in the brain hMT+/V5 = human motion area; brain area specifically processing movement

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IOG = inferior occipital gyrus
IFG = inferior frontal gyrus
MEG = magnetoencephalography; a neuroimaging technique that measures magnetic fields produced by electrical activity in the brain
N170 = ERP component originating from lateral occipitotemporal cortex specifically related to a late stage in the early visual encoding of faces
OFA = occipital face area; brain area in inferior occipital gyrus known to be involved in face processing
P1 = very early ERP component related to very early visual processing
PET = positron emission tomography; brain imaging