Every time we show facial gestures, it feels effortless, but the brain is quietly coordinating an intricate performance.

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

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

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Nonverbal communication can be just as important—if not more important—than verbal communication for actors. Whether it’s Claire Danes’ furrowed brow as Carrie Mathison in “Homeland” or Jack Gleeson’s ...

Facial expression may get a lot of attention, but to understand the full range of human communication, we have to look beyond the face. Facial Palsy Awareness Week is March 1-7. Learn about facial ...

People with autism spectrum disorder interpret facial expressions differently. Researchers have revealed more about how this comes to be. They induced abnormalities into a neural network model to ...