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

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Want to know what expressions people in Papua New Guinea or Siberia use most? Look in the mirror. A study making waves this week in Nature finds that people around the world show emotion on their ...

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

Faces are so important to social communication that we’ve evolved specialized brain cells just to recognize them, a new study ...

The team thinks this means that the cingulate cortex manages the social purpose and context of the facial gesture, which is ...

This 1936 portrait by Dorothea Lange shows Florence Owens Thompson with several of her children in a photograph known as "Migrant Mother." Source: Dorothea Lange/Public Domain Photographers and ...

The human face is a trusty map when navigating the landscape of everyday affairs. Mostly, we are very skilled at using it. We can detect someone’s joy. We can sense another’s disenchantment. We can ...

Jan. 3 (UPI) --Robots, artificial intelligence and autonomous systems are increasingly being used in hospitals around the world. They help with a range of tasks, from surgical procedures and taking ...