Faces are so important to social communication that we’ve evolved specialized brain cells just to recognize them, a new study ...

Facial expression control starts in a very old part of the nervous system. In the brain stem sits the facial nucleus, which ...

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

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

We know our faces may give away our fibs -- whether it's shifty eyes, a sweaty upper lip, a slight smirk, or Pinocchio's fictitious lengthening nose. Now a new study reveals that muscles in the upper ...

Every dog owner knows how hard it can be to say no to "puppy-dog eyes," but a new study shines light on how canine facial expressions evolved and why humans are able to understand them so well.

A while back I wrote that connection is more than just looking at someone with feeling. There are actually 10 different ways that it’s possible to connect with people when speaking to them. It’s ...