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Publications

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Preprints

Kim, Y., Vogelezang, N.,  Karch, J. D. & Kret, M. E. (2024). Human Perception of Bonobo Emotional Expressions: The Role of Expertise and Expression Channel, Research Square. Download. 

Akdağ, R., Nikolic, M., Kret, M. E. & Aktar, E. (2024, April 10). Study 1a: The effect of a brief detached mindfulness intervention on high socially anxious’ metacognitive and physiological disturbances during a socially stressful task. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/JMTYR

Heesen, R., Kim, Y., Kret, M. E., & Clay, Z. (2023). Perceptual integration of bodily and facial emotion cues in chimpanzees and humans. PsyArxiv.

Heesen, R., Szenteczski, M. A., Kim, Y., Kret, M. E., ATKINSON, A. P., Upton, Z., & Clay, Z. (2023). Audience Effects on Human Emotional Face and Hand Movements. PsyArxiv.

Duran, E., Perea-García, J. O., Piepenbrock, D., Veefkind, C., Kret, M. E., & Massen, J. J. (2023). Photopic factors influence external eye appearance in parrots (Psittaciformes). Research Square

Van Berlo, E., Bionda, T., & Kret, M. E.* (2020), Attention towards emotions is modulated by familiarity with the expressor. A comparison between bonobos and humans. bioRxiv. Download.

Behrens, F., & Kret, M. E.* (2020). Under the umbrella of prosocial behavior – a critical comparison of paradigms. PsyArxiv. Download.

Prochazkova, E., Sjak-Shie, E. E., Behrens, F., Lindh, D., & Kret, M. E.* (2019). The choreography of human attraction: physiological synchrony in a blind date setting. bioRxiv, 748707. Download.

Behrens, F., Snijdewint, J. A., Moulder, R. G., Prochazkova, E., Sjak-Shie, E. E., Boker, S. M., & Kret, M. E.* (2019). Physiological synchrony promotes cooperative success in real-life interactions. bioRxiv, 792416. Download.

Submitted

Riddell, C., Nikolic, M., & Kret, M. E. (Under review). Putting the social in emotions: the effect of audience presence on pride and embarrassment across ontogeny.

Van Berlo, E., Otten, M., Van de Ven, E., Binnekamp, J. & Kret, M. E.* (under review). A picture is worth a thousand words: Measuring implicit associations with a pictorial IAT.

Van Berlo, E., & Kret, M. E.* (under review). bonobos attention for emotional expressions of familiar and unfamiliar humans. Animals

Rotteveel, M., Kret, M. E., Winkielman, P., & van Dijk, W.W. (under review). On the parallel influences of facial and bodily expressions of emotion on social trust.

Van Berlo, E., Moczynski, A.C., Ploeger, A., & Kret, M. E.* (under review). Belongingness in great apes: exploring the relationship between social motivation and the emergence of theory of mind.

Kim, Y., van Berlo, E., Bionda, T., Kret, M. E.* (in revision). Visual Perception of Conspecific Emotional Expressions: the Role of Expression Channel in Humans and Bonobos

In Press

2024

Brooks, J., van Heijst, K., Epping, A., Lee, SH., Niksarli, A., Pope, A., Clay, Z., Kret, M. E., Taglialatela, J. & Yamamoto, S. (2024) Increased alertness and moderate ingroup cohesion in bonobos’ response to outgroup cues. PLOS ONE 19(8): e0307975. Download.

Folz, J., Nikolić, M. & Kret, M. E. (2024). Individual differences in interoception and autistic traits share altered facial emotion perception, but not recognition per se. Sci Rep 14, 19455. Download.

Kret, M. E., Albers, P. C., & Wisenden, B. D. (2024). Frans de Waal (1948–2024): Editor-in-Chief of Behaviour. Behaviour, 161(7), 505-509. Download.

Van Berlo, E., Roth, T., Kim, Y. & Kret, M. E. (2024). Selective and prolonged attention to emotional scenes in humans and bonobos. Proc. R. Soc. B. 291:20240433. Download.

Duran, E., Perea-García, J. O., Piepenbrock, D., Veefkind, C., Kret, M. E., & Massen, J. J. M. (2024). Preliminary evidence that eye appearance in parrots (Psittaciformes) co-varies with latitude and altitude. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 12859. Download.

Fabiola, D., Cañamero, L., Hortensius, R., Kret, M. E. (2024). Merging sociality and robotics through an evolutionary perspective. Sci. Robot. 9. DOI:10.1126/scirobotics.adk6664

Heesen, R., Szenteczki, M. A., Kim, Y., Kret, M. E., Atkinson, A. P., Upton, Z., & Clay, Z. (2024). Impact of social context on human facial and gestural emotion expressions. iScience, 27(11), 110663. Download.

Fasya, E. L., van den Bos, E., Heylen, D. K. J., & Kret, M. E. (2024). Smile mimicry smoothens human-virtual human interactions. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 183, 103182. Download.

Folz, J., Roth, T. S., Nikolić, M., & Kret, M. E. (2024). Who gets caught by the emotion? Attentional biases toward emotional facial expressions and their link to social anxiety and autistic traits. Current Psychology, 43(4), 3486–3502. Download.

Heesen, R., Kim, Y., Kret, M. E., & Clay, Z. (2024). Perceptual integration of bodily and facial emotion cues in chimpanzees and humans. PNAS Nexus, 3(2), pgae012. Download.

Kret, M. E. (2024). Gaze into social bonds: Unlocking great ape emotions through eye-tracking. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(1), e2319953121. Download.

Roth, T. S., Samara, I., Perea-Garcia, J. O., & Kret, M. E. (2024). No immediate attentional bias towards or choice bias for male secondary sexual characteristics in Bornean orang-utans (Pongo pygmaeus). Scientific Reports, 14(1), 12095. Download.

Schiller, D., Yu, A. N. C., Alia-Klein, N., Becker, S., Cromwell, H. C., Dolcos, F., Eslinger, P. J., Frewen, P., Kemp, A. H., Pace-Schott, E. F., Raber, J., Silton, R. L., Stefanova, E., Williams, J. H. G., Abe, N., Aghajani, M., Albrecht, F., Alexander, R., Anders, S., … Kret, M. E., …, Lowe, L. (2024). The Human Affectome. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 158, 105450. Download.

Riddell, C., Nikolić, M., Dusseldorp, E., & Kret, M. E. (2024). Age-related changes in emotion recognition across childhood: A meta-analytic review.Psychological Bulletin, 150(9), 1094–1117. Download.

Straffon, L. M., de Groot, B., Gorr, N. D., Tsou, Y.-T., & Kret, M. E. (2024). Developing drawing skill: Exploring the role of parental support and cultural learning. Cognitive Development, 70, 101444. Download.

‪Quesque, F., Apperly, I., Baillargeon, R., Baron-Cohen, S., Becchio, C., Bekkering, H., Bernstein, D., Bertoux, M., Bird, G., Bukowski, H., Burgmer, P., Carruthers, P., Catmur, C., Dziobek, I., Epley, N., Erle, T. M., Frith, C., Frith, U., Galang, C. M., … Kret, M. E., …, Brass, M. (2024). Defining key concepts for mental state attribution. Communications Psychology, 2(1), 29. Download.

2023

Ren, H., Huang, L., Du, F., Huang, W., Lin, G., Kret, M. E., & Chen, S. (2023). Preschoolers Can Match the Facial and Bodily Emotional Expressions: A Behavior and Eye-Tracking Study. Sage Open13(4). Download.

van Heijst, K., Kret, M. E., & Ploeger, A. (2023). Basic Emotions or Constructed Emotions: Insights From Taking an Evolutionary Perspective. Perspectives on Psychological Science0(0). Download.

Folz, J., Akdağ, R., Nikolić, M., van Steenbergen, H., & Kret, M. E. (2023). Facial mimicry and metacognitive judgments in emotion recognition are distinctly modulated by social anxiety and autistic traits. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 9730. Download.

Roth, T.S., Samara, I., Perea-Garcia, J.O., & Kret M. E. (2023). Individual attractiveness preferences differentially modulate immediate and voluntary attention. Sci Rep 13, 2147. Download.

de Groot, B., Gorr, N. D., Kret, M. E., Rieffe, C., Tsou, Y. T., & Straffon, L. M. (2023). Development and preliminary validation of a questionnaire to measure parental support for drawing. Thinking Skills and Creativity47, 101228. Download.

van Berlo E, Bionda T, Kret M. E. (2023). Attention toward emotions is modulated by familiarity with the expressor: A comparison between bonobos and humans. Emotion. Oct;23(7):1904-1917. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000882

Riddell, C., Kret, M. E., Zijlstra, T., & Nikolic, M. (2023). Fearful apes, happy apes: Is fearfulness associated with uniquely human cooperation?. Behavioral and Brain Sciences46, e76. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X22001911

Diana F., Juárez-Mora O. E., Boekel W., Hortensius R. & Kret M. E. (2023). How video calls affect mimicry and trust during interactions. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B378:2021048420210484. Download.

Folz, J., Roth, T. S., Nikolić, M., & Kret, M. E. (2023). Who gets caught by the emotion? Attentional biases toward emotional facial expressions and their link to social anxiety and autistic traits. Current Psychology, 1-17. Download.

2022

Vlaeyen, J. M., Heesen, R., Kret, M. E., Clay, Z., Bionda, T., & Kim, Y. (2022). Bared‐teeth displays in bonobos (Pan paniscus): An assessment of the power asymmetry hypothesis. American Journal of Primatology84(9), e23419. Download.

Straffon, L. M., Agnew, G., Desch-Bailey, C., van Berlo, E., Goclowska, G., & Kret, M. E. (2022). Visual attention bias for self-made artworks. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. https://doi.org/10.1037/aca0000451

Zijlstra, T. W., van Berlo, E., & Kret, M. E. (2022). Attention towards pupil size in humans and bonobos (Pan paniscus). Affective Science3(4), 761-771. Download.

Kim, Y., Vlaeyen, J. M., Heesen, R., Clay, Z., & Kret, M. E. (2022). The Association Between the Bared-Teeth Display and Social Dominance in Captive Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Affective Science3(4), 749-760. Download.

Diana, F., Kawahara, M., Saccardi, I., Hortensius, R., Tanaka, R. & Kret M. E. (2022). A Cross-Cultural Comparison on Implicit and Explicit Attitudes Towards Artificial Agents. Int J of Soc Robotics. Download.

Prochazkova, E., Venneker, D., de Zwart, R., Tamietto, M., & Kret, M. E. (2022). Conscious awareness is necessary to assess trust and mimic facial expressions, while pupils impact trust unconsciously. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 377(1863), 20210183. Download.

Kret, M. E., & Akyüz, R. (2022). Mimicry eases prediction and thereby smoothens social interactions. Cognition and Emotion36(5), 794-798. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2022.2110452

Perea-García, J. O., Ramarajan. K., Kret, M.E., Hobaiter, C.  & Monteiro, A. (2022). Ecological factors are likely drivers of eye shape and colour pattern variations across anthropoid primates. Scientific Reports 12, 17240.Download.

Prochazkova, E., Sjak-Shie, E., Behrens, F., Lindh, D., & Kret, M. E.* (2022). Physiological synchrony is associated with attraction in a blind date setting. Nature Human Behaviour6(2), 269-278. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01197-3

Kim, Y., & Kret, M.E.* (2022). The Emotional Expressions and Emotion Perception in Nonhuman Primates. The Oxford Handbook of Emotional Development, 129. Download

Wijnen, M. N., Massen, J. J., & Kret, M. E.* (2021). Gender bias in the allocation of student grants. Scientometrics126(7), 5477-5488. Download.

Folz, J., Fiacchino, D., Nikolic, M., van Steenbergen, H., & Kret, M.E. (2022). Reading your emotions in my physiology? Reliable emotion interpretations in absence of a robust physiological resonance. Affective Science. Download.

Samara, I., Roth, T. S., Nikolic, M., Prochazkova, E., & Kret, M. E. (2022). Can third-party observers detect attraction in others based on subtle nonverbal cues?. Current Psychology, 1-15. Download.

Kret, M. E., Massen, J. J., & de Waal, F. (2022). My fear is not, and never will be, your fear: On emotions and feelings in animals. Affective Science, 1-8. Download.

Aktar, E., Nimphy, C. A., Kret, M. E., Pérez-Edgar, K., Raijmakers, M. E., & Bögels, S. M. (2022). Attention biases to threat in infants and parents: links to parental and infant anxiety dispositions. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology50(3), 387-402. Download.

Mattavelli, S., Brambilla, M., & Kret, M. E. (2022) It is written in the eyes: Inferences from pupil size and gaze orientation shape interpersonal liking. Social Cognition40(1), 88-106.Download

2021

Nieuwburg, E. G., Ploeger, A., & Kret, M. E. (2021). Emotion recognition in nonhuman primates: How experimental research can contribute to a better understanding of underlying mechanisms. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews123, 24-47. I = 8.330. Download.

Kret, M. E., & van Berlo, E. (2021). Attentional bias in humans toward human and bonobo expressions of emotion. Evolutionary Psychology19(3). Download.

Roth, T. S., Samara, I., & Kret, M. E.* (2020). Ultimate and proximate factors underlying sexual overperception bias: a reply to Lee et al. Evolution and Human Behavior42(1), 73-75. I = 2.959. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2020.06.002

Frisanco, A., Biella, M., Brambilla, M., & Kret, M. E. (2021). All that meets the eye: The contribution of reward processing and pupil mimicry on pupillary reactions to facial trustworthiness. Current Psychology, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-02486-w

Roth, T. S., Samara, I., & Kret, M. E.* (2021). Multimodal mate choice: Exploring the effects of sight, sound, and scent on partner choice in a speed-date paradigm. Evolution and Human Behavior42(5), 461-468. Download.

Dukes, D., Abrams, K., Adolphs, R., Ahmed, M. E., Beatty, A., Berridge, K. C., … Kret, M. E., …, Sander, D. (2021). The rise of affectivism. Nature human behaviour5(7), 816-820. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01130-8

Tsou, Y. T., Li, B., Kret, M. E., Frijns, J. H., & Rieffe, C. (2021). Hearing status affects children’s emotion understanding in dynamic social situations: An eye-tracking study. Ear and hearing42(4), 1024. Download.

Roth, T. S., Du, X., Samara, I., & Kret, M. E. (2021). Attractiveness modulates attention, but does not enhance gaze cueing. Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1037/ebs0000265

Perea-García, J. O., Danel, D. P., & Monteiro, A. (2021). Diversity in Primate External Eye Morphology: Previously Undescribed Traits and Their Potential Adaptive Value. Symmetry, 13(7), 1270. Download.

Prochazkova, E., Sjak-Shie, E., Behrens, F., Lindh, D., Kret, M. E. (2021) Physiological synchrony is associated with attraction in a blind date setting. Nature Human Behaviour. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01197-3

Kret, M. E., Venneker, D., Evans, B., Samara, I., & Sauter, D. (2021). The ontogeny of human laughter. Biology letters17(9), 20210319. Download.

Kret, M. E., Maitner, A. T., & Fischer, A. H. (2021). Interpreting emotions from women with covered faces: a comparison between a middle Eastern and Western-European sample. Frontiers in Psychology, 1432. Download.

Aktar, E., Nimphy, C. A., Kret, M. E., Pérez‐Edgar, K., Bögels, S. M., & Raijmakers, M. E. (2021). Pupil responses to dynamic negative facial expressions of emotion in infants and parents. Developmental Psychobiology63(7), e22190. Download.

Aktar, E., Nimphy, C. A., Kret, M. E., Pérez-Edgar, K., Raijmakers, M. E., & Bögels, S. M. (2021). Attention Biases to Threat in Infants and Parents: Links to Parental and Infant Anxiety Dispositions. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 1-16. Download.

Samara, I., Roth, T. S., & Kret, M. E.* (2021). The Role of Emotion Projection, Sexual Desire, and Self-Rated Attractiveness in the Sexual Overperception Bias. Archives of sexual behavior50(6), 2507-2516. Download.

Roth, T.S.*, Samara, I.*, Prochazkova, E., Tan, J., & Kret, M.E.* (2021). A comparative framework of inter-individual coordination and pair-bonding. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences39, 98-105. Download.

2020

Danel, D. P., Wacewicz, S., Kleisner, K., Lewandowski, Z., Kret, M. E., Zywiczynski, P., & Perea-Garcia, J. O. (2020). Sex differences in ocular morphology in Caucasian people: a dubious role of sexual selection in the evolution of sexual dimorphism of the human eye. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 74(10), 1-10. Download.

Williams, J.H.G., Huggins, C.F., Zupan, B., Willis, M., Van Rheenen, T.E., Sato, W., Palermo, R., Ortner, C., Krippl, M., Kret, M.E., Dickson, J.M., Li, C.R., & Lowe, L. (2020). A sensorimotor control framework for understanding emotional communication and regulation. Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews, 112, 503–518. Download.

Yamamoto, H.W., Kawahara, M. Kret, M.E., & Tanaka, A. (2020). Cultural Differences in Emoticon Perception: Japanese See the Eyes and Dutch the Mouth of Emoticons. Letters on Evolutionary Behavioral Science, 11(2), 40-45.. Download.

Behrens, F., Snijdewint, J. A., Moulder, R. G., Prochazkova, E., Sjak-Shie, E. E., Boker, S. M., & Kret, M. E. (2020). Physiological synchrony is associated with cooperative success in real-life interactions. Scientific reports10(1), 1-9. I = 3.998. Download.

van Berlo, E., Díaz-Loyo, A., Juárez-Mora, O., Kret, M.E., Massen, J. (2020). Experimental evidence for yawn contagion in orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus). Scientific Reports, 10(1), 1-11. I = 3.998. Download.

Tsou, Y., Li, B., Kret, M.E., Sabino da Costa, I., Rieffe, C. (2020). Reading emotional faces in deaf and hard-of-hearing and typically hearing children. Emotion. I = 3.039. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000863

Massen, J. J., Bauer, L., Spurny, B., Bugnyar, T., & Kret, M. E. (2020). Reply to:“The data do not support the existence of an ‘Old Boy network’in science. Some critical comments on a study by Massen et al.”. Scientific Reports10(1), 1-3. Download.

Laméris, D., van Berlo, B., Sterck, E., Bionda, T., & Kret, M.E.* (2020). Low relationship quality predicts scratch contagion during tense situations in orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus). The American Journal of Primatology, e23138. I = 2.009. Download.

Kret, M.E.*, & Roth, T. (2020). Anecdotes in animal behaviour. Behaviour (0)  1-2. Download.

Aktar, E., Raaijmakers, M., & Kret, M.E.* (2020). Pupil mimicry in infants and parents. Does parents’ empathy matter? Cognition and Emotion. I = 2.563. download.

Jaasma, L., Kamm, I., Ploeger, A. & Kret, M.E.* (2020). The exceptions that prove the rule? Spontaneous helping behaviour towards humans in some domestic dogs. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 104941I = 1.817. download.

Kret, M.E.*, Prochazkova, E., Sterck, E. H. M., Clay, Z. (2020). Emotional expressions in human and non-human great apes. Neuroscience Biobehavioral Reviews, 115, 378-395. I = 11.075. Download.

Williams, J., et al. (in press). A sensorimotor control framework for understanding emotional communication and regulation. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. I = 11.075.  Download.

2019

Kret, M.E., Massen, J., & Bliss-Moreau, E. (2019). Special issue: Building a truly comparative affective science. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. Download.

Ding, X.#, Liu, J.#, Kang, T., Wang, R., & Kret, M. E. (2019). Automatic change detection of emotional and neutral body expressions: Evidence from visual mismatch negativity. Frontiers in psychology10, 1909. Download.

Kret, M.E., & de Dreu, C.K.W. (2019). The power of pupil size in establishing trust and reciprocity. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, General. I = 4.420. Download.

Behrens, F. & Kret, M.E.* (2019). The interplay between face-to-face contact and feedback on cooperation during real-life interactions. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 43(4), 513-528. I = 1.595. Download.

Perea-García, J.O., Kret, M.E., Monteiro, A., & Hobaiter, C. (2019). Scleral pigmentation leads to conspicuous, not cryptic, eye morphology in chimpanzees. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,  116(39), 19248-19250. I = 10.4. Download.

Brambilla, M., Biella, M., Kret, M.E. (2019). The power of pupils in predicting conforming behavior. Social Influence, 14(2), 40-49. I = 0.979. Download.

Quesque, F., Behrens, F., Kret, M.E.* (2019). Pupils say more than a thousand words: Pupil size reflects how observed actions are interpreted. Cognition, 190, 93-98. I = 3.634. Download.

Kelsey, C., Krol, K., Kret, M.E., & Grossmann, T. (2019). Infants’ brain responses to pupillary changes in others are affected by race. Scientific Reports, 9 (1), 4317. I = 4.122. Download.

Kret, M.E., & Sjak-Shie, E. (2019). Preprocessing pupil size data. Guideline and code. Behavior Research Methods, 1-7. I = 3.623. Download.

2018

Brambilla, M., Biella, M., & Kret, M.E. (2018). Looking into your eyes: observed pupil size influences approach-avoidance responses. Cognition and Emotion, 33(3), 616-622. Download.

Prochazkova, E., Prochazkova, L., Giffin, M.R., Scholte, H.S., De Dreu, C.K.W., & Kret, M.E.* (2018). Reply to Mathôt and Naber: Neuroimaging shows that pupil mimicry is a social phenomenon. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences115(50), E11566-E11567. I = 10.4. download.

Prochazkova, E., Prochazkova, L., Giffin, M. R., Scholte, H.S., De Dreu, C.K.W., & Kret, M.E.* (2018). Pupil mimicry promotes trust through the theory-of-mind network. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences115(31), E7265-E7274. I = 10.4. Download.

Koelkebeck, K., Vosseler, A., Kohl, W., Fasshauer, T., Lencer, R., Satoh, S., Kret, M.E., Minoshita, S. (2018). Masked ambiguity – emotion identification in schizophrenia and major depressive disorder. Psychiatry Research, 270, 852-860. I = 2.25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2018.10.042

Kret, M.E., & Straffon, L. (2018). Reply to Crivelli et al.: The different faces of fear and threat. Evolutionary and cultural insights. Journal of Human Evolution, 125, 193-197. I = 3.767. Download.

Kret, M.E., Muramatsu, A., & Matsuzawa, T. (2018). Emotion processing across and within species. A comparison between humans and chimpanzees (Pan Troglodytes). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 132(4), 395. I = 2.242. Download.

Fischer, A., Broekens, J., & Kret, M.E. (2018). Gender differences in self-reported emotional intelligence: A test of the emotional sensitivity hypothesis. PlosOne, 13(1), e0190712. I = 3.730. Download.

Wehebrink, K.S., Koelkebeck, K., Piest, S., de Dreu, C.K.W., & Kret, M.E.* (2018). Pupil mimicry and trust – Implications for depression. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 97, 70-76. I = 2.528. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2017.11.007

Liedtke, C. Koelkebeck, K., & Kret, M.E.* (2018). Emotion recognition from faces with in- and out-group features in patients with depression. Journal of Affective Disorders, 227, 817-823. I = 3.845. Download.

Van Breen, J., de Dreu, C.K.W., & Kret, M.E.* (2018). Pupil to Pupil: effect of a partner’s pupil size on (dis)honest behavior. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 74, 231-245. I = 2.219. Download.

Kret, M.E., & Fischer, A. (2018). Recognition of facial expressions is moderated by Islamic cuesCognition and Emotion, 32(3) 623-631I = 2.688. Download.

Kret, M. E. (2018). The role of pupil size in communication. Is there room for learning? Cognition and Emotion, 32(5), 1139-1145. I = 2.688. Download.

2017

Van Rooijen, R., Ploeger, A., & Kret, M.E.* (2017). The dot-probe task to measure emotional attention: A suitable measure in comparative studies? Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 24(6), 1686-1717. I = 3.390. Download.

Massen, J. J., Bauer, L., Spurny, B., Bugnyar, T., & Kret, M. E. (2017). Sharing of science is most likely among male scientists. Scientific Reports7(1), 12927. I = 5.228. Download.

Prochazkova, E., & Kret, M.E.* (2017). Connecting minds and sharing emotions through mimicry: A Neurocognitive Model of Emotional Contagion. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 80, 99-114. I = 8.580. Download.

Kret, M.E., & de Dreu, C.K.W. (2017). Pupil-mimicry conditions trust in exchange partners: Moderation by oxytocin and group membership. The Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 284(1850), 20162554. I = 5.051. Download.

Koelkebeck, K., Kohl, W., & Kret, M.E. (2017). Attachment style moderates theory of mind abilities in depression. Journal of Affective Disorders, 15(213), 156-160. I = 3.996. Download.

Koelkebeck, K., Uwatoko, T., Tanaka, J., & Kret, M.E. (2017). How culture shapes social cognition deficits in mental disorders- A review. Social Neuroscience, 12(2):102-112. I = 3.653. Download.

Kret, M.E., Roelofs, K., Stekelenburg, J.J., & de Gelder, B. (2017). From face to hand: attentional bias towards expressive hands in social anxiety. Biological Psychology, 122:42-50. I = 3.399. Download.

Kret, M.E. (2017). Spiegelen van pupil-grootte geeft vertrouwen. InMind Magazine: Psychologie voor iedereen. Download.

Kret, M. E., & Bocanegra, B. R., eds. (2017). Adaptive hot cognition: How emotion drives information processing and cognition steers affective processing. Lausanne: Frontiers Media. Download.

2016

Kret, M.E., Jaasma, L., Bionda, T., & Wijnen, J.G.  (2016). Bonobos (Pan Paniscus) show an attentional bias towards conspecifics’ emotions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,113(14), 3761-3766. I = 9.674. Download.

Kret, M.E., & Tomonaga, M. (2016). Getting to the bottom of processing behinds in humans and chimpanzees (Pan Troglodytes). The face inversion effect revisited. PlosOne, 11(11): e0165357. I = 3.730. Download.

Kret, M. E., & Bocanegra, B. R. (2016). Editorial: Adaptive hot cognition: How emotion drives information processing and cognition steers affective processing. Frontiers in Psychology, 7:1920. I = 2.800. Download.

de Dreu, C.K.W., Kret, M.E., & Sauter, D. A. (2016). Assessing emotional vocalizations from cultural in-group and out-group depends on oxytocin. Social Psychological Personality Science, 7, 837-846I = 2.561. Download.

Stamkou, E., van Kleef, G., Fischer, A., & Kret, M.E. (2016). Are the powerful really blind to the feelings of others? How power and legitimacy shape emotion perception. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 42(6), 755-768. I = 2.515. Download.

De Dreu, C.K.W., Kret, M.E., & Sligte, I. (2016). Modulating prefrontal control in humans reveals distinct pathways to competitive success and collective waste. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 11(8):1236-1244. I = 7.372. Download.

De Dreu, C.K.W., & Kret, M.E. (2016). Oxytocin conditions intergroup relations through up-regulated in-group empathy, cooperation, conformity, and defense. Biological Psychiatry, S0006-3223(15)00259-0. I = 9.472. Download.

2015

Kret, M.E. Fischer, A.H. & de Dreu, C.K.W. (2015). Pupil-mimicry correlates with trust in in-group partners with dilating pupils. Psychological Science, 26(9), 1401-1410. I = 4.43. Download.

Kret, M.E. & Ploeger, A. (2015). Emotion processing deficits: a liability spectrum providing insight into comorbidity of mental disorders. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 52, 153–171. I = 11.075. Download.

De Valk, J. M., Wijnen, J. & Kret,  M.E.* (2015). Anger fosters action. Fast responses in a motor task involving approach movements towards angry faces and bodies. Frontiers in Psychology, 6:1240.  I = 2.800. Download.

Kret, M.E. (2015). Emotional expressions beyond facial muscle actions. A call for studying autonomic signals and their impact on social perception. Frontiers in Psychology, 6, 711.  I = 2.800. Download.

 

2014

Kret, M.E., Tomonaga, M. & Matsuzawa, T. (2014). Chimpanzees and humans mimic pupil-size of conspecifics. PlosOne, 9(8). I = 3.730. Download.

Kret, M.E.  Tomonaga, M. de Dreu, C.K.W., Fischer, A.H. & Matsuzawa, T. (2014). Role of pupil-synchronization in trust. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 94, 174. Download.

Kret, M.E. (2014). Wanneer een lach een vuist wordt: De perceptie van gezicht- en lichaamsexpressies in gewelddadige delinquenten. De Psycholoog. Download.

Ten Velden, F.S. , Baas, M., Shalvi, S., Kret, M.E. &  De Dreu, C.K.W. (2014). Oxytocin mdifferentially modulates compromise and competitive approach but not withdrawal to antagonists from own versus rivaling other groups. Brain Research, 1580, 172-179. I = 2.957.  Download.

2013

Kret, M.E., Roelofs, K., Stekelenburg, J.J., & de Gelder, B. (2013). Emotional signals from faces, bodies and scenes influence observers’ face expressions, fixations and pupil-size. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7(810). I = 2.900. Download.

Kret, M. E. & de Dreu, C.K.W. (2013). Oxytocin-motivated ally selection is moderated by digit ratio and empathic concern. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 7(1). I = 2.900. Download.

Kret, M.E., Stekelenburg, J.J., Roelofs, K., & de Gelder, B. (2013). Perception of face and body expressions using electromyography, pupillometry and gaze measures. Frontiers in Psychology, 4(28). I = 2.800. Download.

Kret, M.E., & de Gelder, B. (2013). When a smile becomes a fist: The perception of facial and bodily expressions of emotion in violent offenders. Experimental Brain Research, 228(4):399-410. I = 2.296. Download.

2012

Kret, M.E. (2012). De invloed van een niqab op het herkennen van gezichtsexpressies. De Psycholoog, 47(10), 10-17. Download.

Kret, M.E., & de Gelder, B. (2012). Islamic context influences how emotion is recognized from the eyes. Frontiers in Psychology, 3(110). I = 2.800. Download.

Kret, M.E., & de Gelder, B. (2012). A review on sex differences in processing emotions. Neuropsychologia, 50(7):1211-1221. I = 4.739. Download.

2011

Kret, M.E. (2011). Context, gender and personality factors influencing the perception of facial and bodily expressions of emotion. Ridderkerk: Ridderprint. Download.

Kret, M.E., Grèzes, J., Pichon, S. & de Gelder, B. (2011). Men fear other men most: Gender specific brain activations in perceiving threat from dynamic faces and bodies. An fMRI study. Frontiers in Psychology, 2(3). I = 2.800. Download.

Kret, M.E. & de Gelder, B., Denollet, J. (2011). The role of negative affectivity and social inhibition in perceiving social threat: an fMRI study. Neuropsychologia, 49(5), 1187-1193. I = 4.739. Download.

Kret, M.E., Grèzes, J., Pichon, S. & de Gelder, B. (2011). Similarities and differences in perceiving threat from dynamic faces and bodies. An fMRI study. NeuroImage, 54(2), 1755- 1762. I = 6.817. Download.

2010

Kret, M.E. & de Gelder, B. (2010). Social context influences recognition of bodily expressions. Experimental Brain Research, 203, 169-180. I = 2.296. Download.

2009

de Gelder, B., Van den Stock, J., Meeren, H., Kret, M.E., Tamietto, M. (2009). Standing up for the body. Recent progress in uncovering the networks involved in processing bodies and bodily expressions. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 364, (1535), 3475-3484. I = 10.240. Download.

2008

du Bois-Reymond, M., Leccardi, C., Magaraggia, S., Menz, S., Stauber, B., Biggart, A.,  Kovacheva, S., Manolova, P., Ule, M., Kuhar, M., Svab, A. & Kret, M.E. (2008). Young parenthood, agency and social change. Thematic report for the UP2YOUTH-project.

Books

Kret, M.E. (in prep). Uitingen van emoties in mens en dier. Uitgeverij Atlas Contact, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Kret, M.E. (2011). Context, gender and personality factors, influencing the perception of facial and bodily expressions of emotion. Doctoral dissertation. Ridderkerk: Ridderprint. Download.

Book chapters

Kret, M.E., Sinke, C.B.A & de Gelder, B. (2011). Emotion perception and health. In Nyclicek, I., Vingerhoets, A.J.J.M. & Zeelenberg, M. (Eds.), Emotion regulation and well-being (pp.261-280). New York: Springer. Download.

Sinke, C.B.A., Kret, M.E. & de Gelder, B. (2010). Embodied perception of emotion. Psychology press. MINET: Measuring the impossible. Download.

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