You prepared thoroughly for a presentation at work, and now you’re dropping wisdom to a packed room. Much as you expected, your colleagues appear wowed and ...

Conducting short workshops on reading facial expressions can improve a physician’s interpretation of a patient’s emotions, which could potentially increase patient satisfaction, according to a recent ...

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

Because aging weakens cognitive skills, older people can struggle to read difficult social cues. A brain region involved in attention and arousal-the locus coeruleus (LC)-helps with complex tasks, and ...

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 ...

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