What if the emotions we think we see aren’t really there? Neuroscience reveals how culture shapes what we feel—and how easily ...

People instinctively mimic others’ facial expressions, but new research shows we do this far more with joyful faces than with sadness or anger—and that the intensity of mimicry predicts how much we ...

Are you a social savant who easily reads people's emotions? Or are you someone who leaves an interaction with an unclear ...

Facial expressions offer potent displays of emotions and to a large extent are universally understood. Yet the social context or framing around an expression is important and can color how we ...

Research led by UC Berkeley Ph.D. student Jefferson Ortega revealed that 30% of people take a more simplistic approach than ...

In social situations, humans often copy the facial expressions of others who they are interacting with. This phenomenon, ...

In a recent study published in the journal Informatics, researchers investigated the use of advanced machine learning methods to recognize facial expressions as indicators of health deterioration in ...

New research recently published in Archives of Sexual Behavior suggests children’s gender biases can be reflected in their facial emotional expressions. Psychology professor Doug VanderLaan and his ...

New research recently published in Archives of Sexual Behavior suggests children's gender biases can be reflected in their facial emotional expressions. Psychology professor Doug VanderLaan and his ...