When a baby smiles at you, it's almost impossible not to smile back. This spontaneous reaction to a facial expression is part of the back-and-forth that allows us to understand each other's emotions ...

When people smile politely, flash a grin of recognition, or tighten their lips in disapproval, the movement is tiny – but the message can be huge. Imagine you are in a courtroom observing a juror who ...

Facial expressions play a fundamental role in social communication. While it is well established that others’ expressions influence our behavior—such as approaching a smiling person or avoiding an ...

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

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 ...

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, ...

Preparing for an interview usually means prepping for commonly asked questions, practicing technical skills and researching the company you hope to work for. However, even with these levels of ...