Facial expressions play a fundamental role in social communication. While it is well established that others’ expressions influence our behavior—such as approaching a smiling person or avoiding an ...

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 ...

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 ...

New research from the University of Portsmouth has found that great apes exhibit exactness in mimicking one another's facial expressions in social contexts. The study, published in Scientific Reports, ...

Understanding facial expressions is key to decoding human emotions and intentions, especially when identifying untrustworthy individuals. Facial cues often reveal underlying feelings not expressed ...

Cats have 276 distinct facial expressions, a discovery that turns on its head the popular belief that our pet felines are aloof and just not that into us. In fact, cats likely evolved these various ...

Annie Särnblad trains people to read microexpressions using a simple and systematic methodology. She’s spent 25 years living in nine countries and studying eight languages. Särnblad shares five ...

Cats have 26 different facial movements that combine to make 276 distinct expressions, according to a new study. Olivia ZZ via Getty Images Cats can sometimes get a bad rap for being aloof or not ...