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·November 25, 2017·4 min read

Smiling Human Faces Are Attractive to Dogs, Thanks to Oxytocin

A new study reveals oxytocin, a hormone implicated in bonding, may play an important role in social interactions between man and dog.

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·August 21, 2021·4 min read

Heavy Drinking May Impair Men’s Ability to Recognize Facial Emotions

Men who are intoxicated with alcohol have impairments when it comes to correctly assessing emotional facial cues in others. Researchers speculate the findings may explain why alcohol use is often associated with harmful interpersonal and social interactions, such as aggression and domestic violence.

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·August 5, 2015·3 min read

Humans and Horses Share Facial Expressions

According to a new study, researchers have discovered horses share some surprisingly similar facial expressions to chimps and humans. The study helps explain how facial expressions can be used as a form of communication.

This shows three different facial expression of the mice

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·April 2, 2020·4 min read

Mice make different facial expressions based on emotion

Mouse show different facial expression depending on their emotional state. Using machine learning, researchers were able to link five different emotional states to the facial expressions of mice.

Image shows a woman pulling different faces.

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·April 20, 2016·4 min read

Pinpointing Brain Area That Recognizes Facial Expressions

A new study reports researchers have identified the area of the brain they believe to be responsible for recognizing human facial expressions.

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·May 24, 2019·5 min read

People with traumatic brain injury, who often lose empathy, can regain it with treatment

Many people who experience traumatic brain injury report a loss of empathy following their injury. Researchers consider how to reconnect those who have a TBI with their feelings of empathy and emotional recognition.

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·October 14, 2015·4 min read

Altered Connections Between Eye Contact and Facial Mimicry in Autism

A new study investigates how joint attention and spontaneous facial mimicry interact in relation to each other in people with autism.

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·March 14, 2016·5 min read

Social Robot Helps Kids Learn Through Personalized Interactions

Tega, a socially assertive educational robot is able to interpret emotional responses of students and create a personalized motivational strategy, researchers report.