New research shows facial expressions are planned by the brain before movement, not automatic emotional reactions.

W e all subtly mirror the facial expressions of the people around us, smiling when they smile, furrowing our brows in concert ...

New research suggests that the emotional content of a facial expression influences how well observers can predict social ...

When a baby smiles at you, it's almost impossible not to smile back. This spontaneous reaction to a facial expression is part ...

A study challenges the long-held view that facial mimicry functions primarily as a social tool for politeness or empathy, ...

Facial expression control starts in a very old part of the nervous system. In the brain stem sits the facial nucleus, which ...

Mice, unlike most people, cannot force a smile or disguise their disgust (as far as we know). Most of us may not have realized that their tiny, fuzzy faces can muster an emotional expression at all.

That’s why in the future, she thinks, neural prostheses meant for patients with a stroke or paralysis will decode facial ...

Autistic and non-autistic people express emotions differently through their facial movements, according to a new study, which ...

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Researchers found that autistic and non-autistic people move their faces differently when expressing emotions like anger, ...