Dr Sebastian Korb

Massaccesi, C., Korb, S., Götzendorfer, S., Chiappini, E., Willeit, M., Lundström, JN., Windischberger, C., Eisenegger, C. and Silani, G., (2023). Effects of dopamine and opioid receptor antagonism on the neural processing of social and non-social rewards

Efthimiou, TN., Baker, J., Clarke, ADF., Elsenaar, A., Mehu, M. and Korb, S., (2023). Zygomaticus activation through facial neuromuscular electric stimulation (fNMES) induces happiness perception in ambiguous facial expressions and affects neural correlates of face processing

Efthimiou, TN., Baker, J., Elsenaar, A., Mehu, M. and Korb, S., (2023). Smiling and frowning induced by facial neuromuscular electrical stimulation (fNMES) modulate felt emotion and physiology

Efthimiou, TN., Perusquía-Hernández, M., Elsenaar, A., Mehu, M. and Korb, S., (2022). Application of facial Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (fNMES) in psychophysiological research – practical recommendations based on a systematic review of the literature

Efthimiou, T., Perusquia-Hernandez, M., Mehu, M., Elsenaar, A. and Korb, S., (2022). Application of facial Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (fNMES) in psychophysiological research – systematic review and practical recommendations

Grave, J., Cordeiro, S., De Sá Teixeira, NA., Korb, S. and Soares, SC., (2022). Emotional anticipation for dynamic emotional faces is not modulated by schizotypal traits: A Representational Momentum study

Efthimiou, TN., Baker, J., Clarke, A., Elsenaar, A., Mehu, M. and Korb, S., (2024). Zygomaticus activation through facial neuromuscular electrical stimulation (fNMES) induces happiness perception in ambiguous facial expressions and affects neural correlates of face processing.. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. 19 (1), nsae013-

Chiappini, E., Massaccesi, C., Korb, S., Steyrl, D., Willeit, M. and Silani, G., (2024). Neural Hyperresponsivity During the Anticipation of Tangible Social and Nonsocial Rewards in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Concurrent Neuroimaging and Facial Electromyography Study. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging. 9 (9), 948-957

Vilaverde, RF., Horchak, OV., Pinheiro, AP., Scott, SK., Korb, S. and Lima, CF., (2024). Inhibiting orofacial mimicry affects authenticity perception in vocal emotions.. Emotion. 24 (6), 1376-1385

Stijovich, A., Siegel, M., Kocan, AU., Bojkovska, I., Korb, S. and Silani, G., (2024). Defining Social Reward: A Systematic Review of Human and Animal Studies. Psychological Bulletin. 150 (12), 1472-1509

Massaccesi, C., Korb, S., Götzendorfer, S., Chiappini, E., Willeit, M., Lundström, JN., Windischberger, C., Eisenegger, C. and Silani, G., (2024). Effects of dopamine and opioid receptor antagonism on the neural processing of social and nonsocial rewards.. Human Brain Mapping. 45 (4), e26645-

Efthimiou, T., Korb, S., Baker, J., Elsenaar, A. and Mehu, M., (2024). Smiling and frowning induced by facial neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) modulate felt emotion and physiology. Emotion. 25 (1), 79-92

Baker, J., Efthimiou, T., Gartus, A., Elsenaar, A., Mehu, M. and Korb, S., (2024). Computer-controlled electrical stimulation of facial muscles by facial neuromuscular electrical stimulation (fNMES): Hardware and software solutions.. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 411, 110266-110266

Korb, S., Clarke, A., Massaccesi, C., Willeit, M. and Silani, G., (2023). Facial mimicry is not modulated by dopamine D2/3 and opioid receptor antagonism. Psychopharmacology. 240 (10), 2081-2091

Baker, J., Efthimiou, T., Scherer, R., Gartus, A., Elsenaar, A., Mehu, M. and Korb, S., (2023). Measurement of the N170 during facial neuromuscular electrical stimulation (fNMES).. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 393, 109877-109877

Efthimiou, TN., Hernandez, MP., Elsenaar, A., Mehu, M. and Korb, S., (2023). Application of facial neuromuscular electrical stimulation (fNMES) in psychophysiological research: Practical recommendations based on a systematic review of the literature.. Behavior Research Methods. 56 (4), 2941-2976

Korb, S., Deniz, TC., Ünal, B., Clarke, A. and Silani, G., (2022). Emotion perception bias associated with the hijab in Austrian and Turkish participants.. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 75 (5), 796-807

Chiappini, E., Silani, G. and Korb, S., (2022). Anticipatory and Consummatory Responses to Touch and Food Rewards: A Protocol for Human Research. Bio-protocol. 12 (4), e4325-

Efthimiou, TN., Hanel, PHP. and Korb, S., (2022). Volunteers' concerns about facial neuromuscular electrical stimulation.. BMC Psychology. 10 (1), 117-

Korb, S., Mikus, N., Massaccesi, C., Grey, J., Duggirala, SX., Kotz, SA. and Mehu, M., (2022). EmoSex: Emotion prevails over sex in implicit judgments of faces and voices. Emotion. 23 (2), 569-588

Massaccesi, C., Korb, S., Willeit, M., Quednow, BB. and Silani, G., (2022). Effects of the mu-opioid receptor agonist morphine on facial mimicry and emotion recognition.. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 142, 105801-105801

Conway, LG., Woodard, SR., Zubrod, A., Tiburcio, M., Martínez-Vélez, NA., Sorgente, A., Lanz, M., Serido, J., Vosylis, R., Fonseca, G., Lep, Ž., Li, L., Zupančič, M., Crespo, C., Relvas, AP., Papageorgiou, KA., Gianniou, F-M., Truhan, T., Mojtahedi, D., Hull, S., Lilley, C., Canning, D., Ulukök, E., Akın, A., Massaccesi, C., Chiappini, E., Paracampo, R., Korb, S., Szaflarski, M., Touré, AA., Camara, LM., Magassouba, AS., Doumbouya, A., Mutlu, M., Bozkurt, ZN., Grotkowski, K., Przepiórka, AM., Corral-Frías, NS., Watson, D., Corona Espinosa, A., Lucas, MY., Paleari, FG., Tchalova, K., Gregory, AJP., Azrieli, T., Bartz, JA., Farmer, H., Goldberg, SB., Rosenkranz, MA., Pickett, J., Mackelprang, JL., Graves, JM., Orr, C. and Balmores-Paulino, R., (2022). How culturally unique are pandemic effects? Evaluating cultural similarities and differences in effects of age, biological sex, and political beliefs on COVID impacts. Frontiers in Psychology. 13, 937211-

Mikus, N., Korb, S., Massaccesi, C., Gausterer, C., Graf, I., Willeit, M., Eisenegger, C., Lamm, C., Silani, G. and Mathys, C., (2022). Effects of dopamine D2/3 and opioid receptor antagonism on the trade-off between model-based and model-free behaviour in healthy volunteers.. eLife. 11, e79661-

Massaccesi, C., Korb, S., Skoluda, N., Nater, UM. and Silani, G., (2021). Effects of appetitive and aversive motivational states on wanting and liking of interpersonal touch. Neuroscience. 464, 12-25

Forbes, PAG., Korb, S., Radloff, A. and Lamm, C., (2021). The effects of self-relevance vs. reward value on facial mimicry. Acta Psychologica. 212, 103193-103193

Grave, J., Madeira, N., Martins, MJ., Silva, S., Korb, S. and Soares, SC., (2021). Slower access to visual awareness but otherwise intact implicit perception of emotional faces in schizophrenia-spectrum disorders. Consciousness and Cognition. 93, 103165-103165

Massaccesi, C., Chiappini, E., Paracampo, R. and Korb, S., (2021). Large Gatherings? No, Thank You. Devaluation of Crowded Social Scenes During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Frontiers in Psychology. 12, 689162-

Korb, S., Götzendorfer, SJ., Massaccesi, C., Sezen, P., Graf, I., Willeit, M., Eisenegger, C. and Silani, G., (2020). Dopaminergic and opioidergic regulation during anticipation and consumption of social and nonsocial rewards. eLife. 9, 1-22

Korb, S. and Massaccesi, C., (2020). Angry men and happy women – A pre-registered replication using psychophysics

Korb, S., Massaccesi, C., Gartus, A., Lundström, JN., Rumiati, R., Eisenegger, C. and Silani, G., (2020). Facial responses of adult humans during the anticipation and consumption of touch and food rewards.. Cognition. 194, 104044-104044

Silva, F., Gomes, N., Korb, S. and Semin, GR., (2020). Not All Emotions Are Equal: Fear Chemosignals Lower Awareness Thresholds Only for Fearful Faces. Chemical Senses. 45 (7), 601-608

Osimo, SA., Korb, S. and Aiello, M., (2019). Obesity, subliminal perception and inhibition: Neuromodulation of the prefrontal cortex. Behaviour Research and Therapy. 119, 103408-103408

Korb, S., Goldman, R., Davidson, RJ. and Niedenthal, PM., (2019). Increased Medial Prefrontal Cortex and Decreased Zygomaticus Activation in Response to Disliked Smiles Suggest Top-Down Inhibition of Facial Mimicry. Frontiers in Psychology. 10 (JULY), 1715-

Cecchetto, C., Korb, S., Rumiati, RI. and Aiello, M., (2018). Emotional reactions in moral decision-making are influenced by empathy and alexithymia. Social Neuroscience. 13 (2), 226-240

Korb, S., Osimo, SA., Suran, T., Goldstein, A. and Rumiati, RI., (2017). Face proprioception does not modulate access to visual awareness of emotional faces in a continuous flash suppression paradigm. Consciousness and Cognition. 51, 166-180

Korb, S., Wood, A., Rychlowska, M. and Niedenthal, P., (2016). The Perils of Boxes and Arrows: Reply to Gallese and Caruana. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 20 (6), 398-399

Wagenmakers, E-J., Beek, T., Dijkhoff, L., Gronau, QF., Acosta, A., Adams, RB., Albohn, DN., Allard, ES., Benning, SD., Blouin-Hudon, E-M., Bulnes, LC., Caldwell, TL., Calin-Jageman, RJ., Capaldi, CA., Carfagno, NS., Chasten, KT., Cleeremans, A., Connell, L., DeCicco, JM., Dijkstra, K., Fischer, AH., Foroni, F., Hess, U., Holmes, KJ., Jones, JLH., Klein, O., Koch, C., Korb, S., Lewinski, P., Liao, JD., Lund, S., Lupianez, J., Lynott, D., Nance, CN., Oosterwijk, S., Ozdoğru, AA., Pacheco-Unguetti, AP., Pearson, B., Powis, C., Riding, S., Roberts, T-A., Rumiati, RI., Senden, M., Shea-Shumsky, NB., Sobocko, K., Soto, JA., Steiner, TG., Talarico, JM., van Allen, ZM., Vandekerckhove, M., Wainwright, B., Wayand, JF., Zeelenberg, R., Zetzer, EE. and Zwaan, RA., (2016). Registered Replication Report. Perspectives on Psychological Science. 11 (6), 917-928

Korb, S., Wood, A., Banks, CA., Agoulnik, D., Hadlock, TA. and Niedenthal, PM., (2016). Asymmetry of Facial Mimicry and Emotion Perception in Patients With Unilateral Facial Paralysis. JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery. 18 (3), 222-227

Wood, A., Rychlowska, M., Korb, S. and Niedenthal, P., (2016). Fashioning the Face: Sensorimotor Simulation Contributes to Facial Expression Recognition. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 20 (3), 227-240

Korb, S., Malsert, J., Strathearn, L., Vuilleumier, P. and Niedenthal, P., (2016). Sniff and mimic - Intranasal oxytocin increases facial mimicry in a sample of men.. Hormones and Behaviour. 84, 64-74

Neufeld, J., Ioannou, C., Korb, S., Schilbach, L. and Chakrabarti, B., (2016). Spontaneous Facial Mimicry is Modulated by Joint Attention and Autistic Traits.. Autism Research. 9 (7), 781-789

Korb, S., Frühholz, S. and Grandjean, D., (2015). Reappraising the voices of wrath. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. 10 (12), 1644-1660

Korb, S., Malsert, J., Rochas, V., Rihs, TA., Rieger, SW., Schwab, S., Niedenthal, PM. and Grandjean, D., (2015). Gender differences in the neural network of facial mimicry of smiles – An rTMS study. Cortex. 70, 101-114

Korb, S., With, S., Niedenthal, P., Kaiser, S. and Grandjean, D., (2014). The Perception and Mimicry of Facial Movements Predict Judgments of Smile Authenticity. PLoS ONE. 9 (6), e99194-e99194

Rychlowska, M., Korb, S., Brauer, M., Droit-Volet, S., Augustinova, M., Zinner, L. and Niedenthal, PM., (2014). Pacifiers Disrupt Adults’ Responses to Infants’ Emotions. Basic and Applied Social Psychology. 36 (4), 299-308

Carr, EW., Korb, S., Niedenthal, PM. and Winkielman, P., (2014). The two sides of spontaneity: Movement onset asymmetries in facial expressions influence social judgments. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 55, 31-36

Korb, S., Grandjean, D., Samson, AC., Delplanque, S. and Scherer, KR., (2012). Stop laughing! Humor perception with and without expressive suppression. Social Neuroscience. 7 (5), 510-524

Korb, S., Grandjean, D. and Scherer, KR., (2010). Timing and voluntary suppression of facial mimicry to smiling faces in a Go/NoGo task—An EMG study. Biological Psychology. 85 (2), 347-349

Korb, S., Grandjean, D. and Scherer, K., (2008). Motor Commands of Facial Expressions: The Bereitschaftspotential of Posed Smiles. Brain Topography. 20 (4), 232-238

Korb, S., Grandjean, D. and Scherer, K., (2008). Investigating the production of emotional facial expressions: a combined electroencephalographic (EEG) and electromyographic (EMG) approach

Korb, S., Grandjean, D. and Scherer, K., (2008). The neuromotor antecedents of emotion regulation in the face