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 ...

Autistic and non-autistic faces express emotion differently, and misunderstanding can go both ways. A new study suggests that ...

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Autistic and non-autistic people express emotions differently through their facial movements, according to a new study, which ...

Facial emotion representations expand from sensory cortex to prefrontal regions across development, suggesting that the prefrontal cortex matures with development to enable a full understanding of ...

The team thinks this means that the cingulate cortex manages the social purpose and context of the facial gesture, which is ...