We use our faces to communicate, but our facial expressions may not always come across the way we think they do. And we may be just as wrong when reading the faces of others, a study says. "Many ...

Horses possess a remarkable ability to discern human emotions like joy and sadness by interpreting facial expressions, a new study reveals. This sophisticated social cognition allows them to connect ...

If you were to travel anywhere in the globe -- even to visit remote tribes who have scant contact with the larger world -- would people be able to read your emotions from your facial expressions ...

A computer algorithm that can tell whether you are happy or sad, angry or expressing almost any other emotion would be a boon to the games industry. New research describes such a system that is almost ...

Shy people may be hesitant to look you in the eye, but they seem to have a superior ability to recognize certain facial expressions, a new study suggests. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...

Dogs change their facial expressions when they know people are looking at them—perhaps in an effort to communicate. For instance, canines in the study would make the classic "sad puppy face"—raising ...

Scientists have found out that test subjects almost always perceive the facial expression on Leonardo da Vinci's famous painting as happy, thus calling into question a long-held assumption in art ...