Autistic and non-autistic faces express emotion differently, and misunderstanding can go both ways. A new study suggests that ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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, ...