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

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

Cats are apparently creatures with many different faces. Last month, a study was published in the journal Behavioural Processes, which detailed that domestic cats have 276 different facial expressions ...

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

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

Researchers found that autistic and non-autistic people move their faces differently when expressing emotions like anger, happiness, and sadness. Autistic participants tended to rely on different ...

(CNN) — Ears flattened, constricted pupils, a lick of the lips. If you’ve ever wondered if your feline friends’ furry faces were saying something whenever they got together, chances are they were. In ...

Researchers used an algorithm to allow people to refine what they thought the facial expression of a particular emotion should look like. The results show profound individual differences, suggesting ...

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

Source: Photo elements from Cameron Ritchie and Brandon Morrison — Creative Commons License I was working on an attention exercise with my young Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever, Ranger. A colleague ...