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

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 ...

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

You prepared thoroughly for a presentation at work, and now you’re dropping wisdom to a packed room. Much as you expected, your colleagues appear wowed and ...

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

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

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

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