The objective of this short review is to highlight rewarding aspects of social interactions for
humans and discuss their neural basis. Thereby we report recent research findings to …

In our daily lives, we constantly engage in reciprocal interactions with other individuals and
represent ourselves in the context of our surrounding social world. Within social interactions, …

People vicariously experience embarrassment when observing others' public pratfalls or
etiquette violations. In two consecutive studies we investigated the subjective experience and …

Most patients with Post COVID Syndrome (PCS) present with a plethora of symptoms without
clear evidence of organ dysfunction. A subset of them fulfills diagnostic criteria of myalgic …

While being in the center of attention and exposed to other's evaluations humans are prone
to experience embarrassment. To characterize the neural underpinnings of such aversive …

The use of the journal impact factor (JIF) as a measure for the quality of individual manuscripts
and the merits of scientists has faced significant criticism in recent years. We add to the …

The experience of embarrassment provides a highly salient cue for the human moral apparatus.
Interestingly, people also experience embarrassment on behalf of others' inappropriate …

… timing and stimulus presentation have been provided elsewhere [Paulus et al., in press]. …
These results have been previously described (Paulus, et al., in press), but see Supporting …

… Paulus and Sören Krach contributed equally to this work. … Paulus and Sören Krach
contributed equally to this work. … Paulus and Sören Krach contributed equally to this work. …

… is specific to complex social scenarios in which one has to dynamically integrate intuitive
judgments about contextual demands and the expectations of the social environment [Paulus et …