Recognizingfacial expressions is something that we do naturally, without anythought. However, whenever we smile or frown, or express any numberof emotions using our faces, we move a large number of ...

Lisa Feldman Barrett’s recent essay in The New York Times, “What Faces Can’t Tell Us,” seeks to undermine the science showing universality in the interpretation of facial expressions. In her eyes, ...

New work demonstrates how neural circuits in the brain and muscles of the face work together to respond physically to social cues When a baby smiles at you, it’s almost impossible not to smile back.

Do you find it difficult to choose the perfect smiley-face emoji when trying to convey happy emotions in a text message? Although many emojis look very similar, it seems there are countless slightly ...

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Kathleen Bogart has received research funding from the National Institutes of Health and the Moebius Syndrome Foundation. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Moebius Syndrome Foundation.