The 17 Different Ways Your Face Conveys Happiness
A new study reports humans have more universal ways of expressing happiness than any other emotion.... Read More...
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Pregnant Women Recognize Baby Expressions Differently Depending on Mental Health History
Pregnant women with a history of bipolar disorder have a difficult time recognizing specific emotions in facial expressions, a new study reveals. ... Read More...
A Neurological Synergy in Explaining the Processing of Optical Illusions
Researchers have uncovered what they are calling 'neurological synergy' which occurs during visual adaptation.... Read More...
A Possible Origin of Human Speech
Researchers have identified a neural network in the brains of monkeys that may represent a common evolutionary origin for social communication and human speech.... Read More...
How We See Others’ Emotions Depends on Our Pre-Concevied Beliefs
A new study sheds light into how we recognize facial expressions of emotion. Researchers report our interpretation of emotions expressed facially by others depends upon our pre-conceived understanding of emotion.... Read More...
Dogs Understand What’s Written All Over Your Face
A new study reports dogs use different parts of their brains to process negative and positive emotional cues in human facial expressions.... Read More...
Why Losing a Dog Can Be Harder Than Losing a Friend or Relative
A new article considers why losing a dog can be harder for some to deal with than losing a close friend or family member.... Read More...
We Can Read Each Other’s Emotions From Subtle Changes in Facial Color
Researchers reveal people are able to correctly identify, with 75% accuracy, expressions of emotion in others based on subtle changes in color around the nose, eyebrows and chin.... Read More...
Guess Who? Facial Expressions Can Cause Confusion
University of Bristol researchers report expressive faces can cause identity confusion.... Read More...
How Music Alters Our Perception of Touch
The sexier we perceive the piece of music we are listening to, the more sensual we believe the touch of another, or a robot, to be, a new study reports. Researchers note we perceive touch differently depending on the music we are listening to.... Read More...
Cracking a Smile: Describing Three Smile Types by Muscle Movement
Researchers describe the different facial muscle combinations that help make three types of smiles.... Read More...
Yes, She’s Smiling: Mona Lisa’s Facial Expression Less Ambiguous Than Thought
According to researchers, people almost always perceive Mona Lisa's facial expression as being happy.... Read More...