1 Gender differences in the neural network of facial mimicry of smiles – an rTMS study (running title: Neural network of facial mimicry) Sebastian Korb 1 * Jennifer Malsert 2, 3 * Vincent Rochas 4, 5 Tonia A. Rihs 4, 5 Sebastian W. Rieger 2, 4 Samir Schwab 3 Paula M. Niedenthal 6 Didier Grandjean 2, 3 * These authors contributed equally to this work 1 Neuroscience Area, SISSA, Trieste, Italy 2 Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, Geneva, Switzerland 3 Neuroscience of Emotion and Affective Dynamics laboratory, Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Geneva, Switzerland 4 Department of Fundamental Neuroscience, University of Geneva, Switzerland 5 Functional Brain Mapping Laboratory, Department of Fundamental Neuroscience, University of Geneva, Switzerland 6 Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA © 2015. This manuscript version is made available under the Elsevier user license http://www.elsevier.com/open-access/userlicense/1.0/