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 ...

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

Engineers at the Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan, Hubei province, have developed a breakthrough ...

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

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

When someone who usually texts with emojis suddenly goes cold—no faces, no punctuation softeners—the absence becomes its own ...

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 ...

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

Previous posts in this series have considered emotional education and emotional competence, how they are based upon emotional communication during development, and how miscommunication can undermine a ...