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

Every time we show facial gestures, it feels effortless, but the brain is quietly coordinating an intricate performance.

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

Facial emotion representations expand from sensory cortex to prefrontal regions across development, suggesting that the prefrontal cortex matures with development to enable a full understanding of ...

Human faces pop up on a screen, hundreds of them, one after another. Some have their eyes stretched wide, others show lips clenched. Some have eyes squeezed shut, cheeks lifted and mouths agape. For ...

Researchers have designed a robot capable of displaying realistic lip movements, as used by humans in speech and singing.

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After three years of Covid-era masking, some Japanese people feel their facial expressions are a bit rusty. Enter Keiko Kawano, smile instructor. By Hisako Ueno and Mike Ives Hisako Ueno reported from ...