Facial expression control starts in a very old part of the nervous system. In the brain stem sits the facial nucleus, which ...
When a baby smiles at you, it's almost impossible not to smile back. This spontaneous reaction to a facial expression is part ...
Every time we smile, grimace, or flash a quick look of surprise, it feels effortless, but the brain is quietly coordinating an intricate performance. This study shows that facial gestures aren’t ...
Facial mimicry refers to automatic copying of another person’s facial expressions. When one person smiles, a listener may ...
It's only been a few months since Meta announced that it would open its smart glasses platform to third-party developers. But ...
Lay presentations of research on emotions often make two claims. First, they assert that all humans develop the same set of core emotions. This claim is called the “basic emotion approach” (Ekman, ...