Facial expressions are central to social life, yet scientists still don’t fully understand how the brain produces them. To ...

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

Every time we smile, grimace, or flash a quick look of surprise, it feels effortless, but the brain is quietly coordinating ...

When a baby smiles at you, it's almost impossible not to smile back. This spontaneous reaction to a facial expression is part ...

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

Imagine sitting across from someone describing two movies to you. You listen attentively, trying to decide which one ...

It's only been a few months since Meta announced that it would open its smart glasses platform to third-party developers. But ...

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, ...