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

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

When a baby smiles at you, it's almost impossible not to smile back. This spontaneous reaction to a facial expression is part ...

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

Facial expressions are central to social life, yet scientists still don’t fully understand how the brain produces them. To ...

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

Humans pay enormous attention to lips during conversation, and robots have struggled badly to keep up. A new robot developed ...

Credit - Photo-Illustration by Chloe Dowling for TIME (Source Images: Klaus Vedfelt—Getty Images, Tim Robberts—Getty Images, Kelvin Murray—Getty Images, Robert Recker—Getty Images, Howard ...

A study challenges the long-held view that facial mimicry functions primarily as a social tool for politeness or empathy, ...

3D-rendered faces are a big part of any major movie or game now, but the task of capturing and animating them in a natural way can be a tough one. Disney Research is working on ways to smooth out this ...