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

Cats are apparently creatures with many different faces. Last month, a study was published in the journal Behavioural Processes, which detailed that domestic cats have 276 different facial expressions ...

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

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

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

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

(CNN) — Ears flattened, constricted pupils, a lick of the lips. If you’ve ever wondered if your feline friends’ furry faces were saying something whenever they got together, chances are they were. In ...

Facial expressions are central to social life, yet scientists still don’t fully understand how the brain produces them. To ...

Autistic and non-autistic people express emotions differently through their facial movements, according to a new study ...

The study centered around male and female adult domestic shorthairs that had each been neutered or spayed Nicholas Rice is a Senior News Editor, Weekends for PEOPLE Magazine. He began working with the ...