TWiN 67: Interpreting situation-specific facial signals
From This Week in Neuroscience by Vincent Racaniello
December 24, 2025 · 1h 31m · Episode 67
About this episode
The episode discusses how theta phase shifts influence the perception of facial expressions in social contexts.
TWiN explores how theta phase shifts mediate contextual perception of facial expressions during everyday social interactions. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Vivianne Morrison, and Tim Cheung Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , RSS Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server Neural computations underlying contextual processing in humans (Cell Rep) Previous experience shapes perception (Front Human Neurosci) Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey . Thanks! Music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your neuroscience questions and comments to twin@microbe.tv
People in this episode
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Vivianne Morrison, Tim Cheung
Topics covered
- facial expressions
- contextual perception
- social interactions
- theta phase shifts
- neuroscience
Keywords
- theta phase shifts
- facial signals
- contextual processing
- neuroscience
- social interactions
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Organizations: MicrobeTV
Books & works: Cell Rep, Front Human Neurosci
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