FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·January 11, 2024·3 min readThe Broccoli Experiment: How Facial Expressions Impact Food LoveObserving others' facial expressions while eating raw broccoli impacts women's liking but not their desire to eat it. A study examined the effects of positive, neutral, and negative facial expressions during broccoli consumption.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·September 19, 2022·5 min readDon’t Look at Me Like That: Integration of Gaze Direction and Facial ExpressionThe emotional expressions of faces influence how their gazes shape our attention.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·October 19, 2021·3 min readIn Your Face: Children’s Expressions Tell the Story of Poor SleepFor children, emotional facial expressions could reveal whether they had a good night's sleep. Researchers found emotional expressivity following sleep restrictions could also forecast later life social problems.Read More
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FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·May 28, 2021·5 min readThe Robot Smiled BackApplying AI technology, researchers teach a robot to make appropriate reactive human facial expressions. Scientists say this could help build trust between humans and the humanoid robots they interact with.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychologyVisual Neuroscience·March 4, 2021·4 min readQuick to Smile? The Speed of Expression Offers Vital Visual CuesOur ability to recognize emotion in others depends upon the speed at which we process facial expressions.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·February 17, 2020·4 min readFacial expressions don’t tell the whole story of emotionLooking at a person's facial expression may not be the best way to detect their internal emotional feelings.Read More
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FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 11, 2019·4 min readHumans’ ability to read dogs’ facial expressions is learned, not innateThe human ability to recognize the facial expressions of dogs is acquired through age and experience and is not an evolutionarily selected trait.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·February 26, 2019·3 min readOur Faces Don’t Always Reveal Our True EmotionsStudy reveals context is essential for reading people's emotions.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·January 15, 2019·5 min readThe 17 Different Ways Your Face Conveys HappinessA new study reports humans have more universal ways of expressing happiness than any other emotion.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·October 8, 2018·4 min readPregnant Women Recognize Baby Expressions Differently Depending on Mental Health HistoryPregnant women with a history of bipolar disorder have a difficult time recognizing specific emotions in facial expressions, a new study reveals.Read More
