Facial expressions may appear spontaneous, but new research shows the brain begins preparing them long before the face ...

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

W e all subtly mirror the facial expressions of the people around us, smiling when they smile, furrowing our brows in concert ...

Facial mimicry refers to automatic copying of another person’s facial expressions. When one person smiles, a listener may ...

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Researchers have now developed a novel artificial intelligence-based facial analysis tool to uncover subtle differences in eye and mouth movements linked to subthreshold depression. These non-verbal ...

"This is a new and improved way to understand our emotions by looking at multiple body signals at once," says Cheng. "People often don't visibly show how they truly feel, so that’s why we’re combining ...