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

Stubbing your toe on a table leg or fracturing your wrist will probably make you wince in pain (and possibly curse). It's a natural reaction; facial expressions play an important role in communicating ...

The face is an important feature for identifying individuals, and as suggested by the expression, “kaoiro wo ukagau” (Look at the complexion; i.e. be sensitive to someone’s mood, read someone’s ...

Facial emotion representations expand from sensory cortex to prefrontal regions across development, suggesting that the prefrontal cortex matures with development to enable a full understanding of ...

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

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

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

People with autism spectrum disorder interpret facial expressions differently. Researchers have revealed more about how this comes to be. They induced abnormalities into a neural network model to ...

The ability of people with autism to accurately identify facial expressions is affected by the speed at which the expression is produced and its intensity, according to new research. Autistic people's ...