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

Researchers have designed a robot capable of displaying realistic lip movements, as used by humans in speech and singing.

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

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

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

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