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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, ...
Understanding facial expressions is key to decoding human emotions and intentions, especially when identifying untrustworthy individuals. Facial cues often reveal underlying feelings not expressed ...
Annie Särnblad trains people to read microexpressions using a simple and systematic methodology. She’s spent 25 years living in nine countries and studying eight languages. Särnblad shares five ...
Cats have 276 distinct facial expressions, a discovery that turns on its head the popular belief that our pet felines are aloof and just not that into us. In fact, cats likely evolved these various ...
Facial expressions play a fundamental role in social communication. While it is well established that others’ expressions influence our behavior—such as approaching a smiling person or avoiding an ...
Grimaces, scowls and doting gazes of ancient human sculptures indicate that there are universal facial expressions that signal the same emotions across cultures, researchers argue. Faces depicted in ...
Connor Tom Keating receives funding from the Medical Research Council (MRC). Jennifer Cook has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under ...
New research titled "identifying a facial expression of flirtation and its effect on men" deconstructs the morphology of highly-recognized flirtatious facial expressions used by heterosexual women to ...