New research shows facial expressions are planned by the brain before movement, not automatic emotional reactions.

Researchers found that autistic and non-autistic people move their faces differently when expressing emotions like anger, happiness, and sadness. Autistic participants tended to rely on different ...

PULLMAN, Wash. – The way people express emotions while helping others can influence whether their assistance is welcomed, resented, or reciprocated, according to new research from Washington State ...

New research suggests that the emotional content of a facial expression influences how well observers can predict social ...

Why do young children often miss the emotions behind adult expressions? A pioneering study led by researcher Xie Wanze from Peking University's School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, in ...

Expressive behavior is a core element of emotion that plays an important role in human social interactions (Keltner, 2019). Every day, we spend a significant amount of time observing the emotions of ...

New research recently published in Archives of Sexual Behavior suggests children's gender biases can be reflected in their facial emotional expressions. Psychology professor Doug VanderLaan and his ...

The ability of people with autism to accurately identify facial expressions is affected by the speed at which the expression is produced and its intensity, according to new research. Autistic people's ...

Lay presentations of research on emotions often make two claims. First, they assert that all humans develop the same set of core emotions. This claim is called the “basic emotion approach” (Ekman, ...