12 years ago, my 2nd book, The Science of Kissing (Hachette, 2011) came out. It’s about the neuroscience, biology, evolution, history, real chemistry & potential future of connection.
With #ValentinesDay around the corner, would fellow #science & #culture nerds on #Mastodon be interested in a few facts & stories from the book?
@lienrag I was fortunate to work with neuroscientist David Poeppel & his group at NYU on an MEG experiment.
We published this paper on the research ⬇️
With a few exceptions, the literature on face recognition and its neural basis derives from the presentation of single faces. However, in many ecologically typical situations, we see more than one face, in different communicative contexts. One of the principal ways in which we interact using our fac …
Fascinating MEG study of #Kissing! As a grief researcher, I use images of the participant's one-and-only in fMRI, and we see stronger activity than to a stranger. I wonder #WhatWouldHappen with images of kissing your partner?
Sheril Kirshenbaum
Mary-Frances O'Connor