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Advances in Emotion Processing and Cognitive Neuropsychology

A special issue of Brain Sciences (ISSN 2076-3425). This special issue belongs to the section "Cognitive, Social and Affective Neuroscience".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 November 2025 | Viewed by 109

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Dr. Pasquale La Malva

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Department of Psychology, D'Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy
Interests: cognitive neuropsychology; cognitive neuroscience; memory cognitive psychology; behavioral psychology
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Dear Colleagues,

Emotion processing plays a fundamental role in human cognition, influencing perception, memory, decision making, and social interactions. Recent advancements in cognitive neuropsychology have provided novel insights into the neural and cognitive mechanisms underlying emotion processing, highlighting the interplay between affective and cognitive functions across the lifespan.

This Special Issue of Brain Sciences aims to showcase cutting-edge research on emotion processing from neuropsychological and neuroscientific perspectives. We invite contributions exploring the neural substrates of emotions, cognitive and affective interactions, emotion regulation strategies, and their implications for mental health. Studies employing neuroimaging (fMRI, EEG), psychophysiology, behavioral paradigms, non-invasive brain stimulation techniques (e.g., TMS, tDCS), and computational approaches are particularly welcome. Research focusing on age-related differences in emotion processing, including studies involving young and older participants, is highly encouraged. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the role of executive functions in emotion regulation, emotion recognition deficits in neuropsychological disorders, the impact of emotional valence on memory and attention, and the neural bases of social emotions.

By integrating multidisciplinary perspectives, this Special Issue aims to advance our understanding of the cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying emotion processing across different age groups, with potential translational applications in clinical neuropsychology and affective neuroscience.

Dr. Pasquale La Malva
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • emotion processing
  • cognitive neuropsychology
  • affective neuroscience
  • emotion regulation
  • executive functions
  • neuroimaging (fMRI, EEG)
  • non-invasive brain stimulation (TMS, tDCS)
  • psychophysiological measures
  • age-related differences
  • translational research

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Cross-Cultural Biases of Emotion Perception in Music
by Marjorie G. Li, Kirk N. Olsen and William Forde Thompson
Brain Sci. 2025, 15(5), 477; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci15050477 (registering DOI) - 29 Apr 2025
Abstract
Objectives: Emotion perception in music is shaped by cultural background, yet the extent of cultural biases remains unclear. This study investigated how Western listeners perceive emotion in music across cultures, focusing on the accuracy and intensity of emotion recognition and the musical features [...] Read more.
Objectives: Emotion perception in music is shaped by cultural background, yet the extent of cultural biases remains unclear. This study investigated how Western listeners perceive emotion in music across cultures, focusing on the accuracy and intensity of emotion recognition and the musical features that predict emotion perception. Methods: White-European (Western) listeners from the UK, USA, New Zealand, and Australia (N = 100) listened to 48 ten-second excerpts of Western classical and Chinese traditional bowed-string music that were validated by experts to convey happiness, sadness, agitation, and calmness. After each excerpt, participants rated the familiarity, enjoyment, and perceived intensity of the four emotions. Musical features were computationally extracted for regression analyses. Results: Western listeners experienced Western classical music as more familiar and enjoyable than Chinese music. Happiness and sadness were recognised more accurately in Western classical music, whereas agitation was more accurately identified in Chinese music. The perceived intensity of happiness and sadness was greater for Western classical music; conversely, the perceived intensity of agitation was greater for Chinese music. Furthermore, emotion perception was influenced by both culture-shared (e.g., timbre) and culture-specific (e.g., dynamics) musical features. Conclusions: Our findings reveal clear cultural biases in the way individuals perceive and classify music, highlighting how these biases are shaped by the interaction between cultural familiarity and the emotional and structural qualities of the music. We discuss the possibility that purposeful engagement with music from diverse cultural traditions—especially in educational and therapeutic settings—may cultivate intercultural empathy and an appreciation of the values and aesthetics of other cultures. Full article
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