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 ...

Researchers found that autistic and non-autistic people move their faces differently when expressing emotions like anger, ...

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

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

The AI field has made remarkable progress with incomplete data. Leading generative models like Claude, Gemini, GPT-4, and Llama can understand text but not emotion. These models can’t process your ...

Some couples can’t get enough — or too much — of each other. Here’s why, according to the anxious–avoidant push-pull of ...

Emotional invalidation can make you feel like expressing your needs is a relational luxury, not the non-negotiable it really ...

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