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How do our facial expressions in response to seeing others in pain influence how we see and feel their pain? There are many situations where it may be helpful to suppress our emotional responses to ...

You prepared thoroughly for a presentation at work, and now you’re dropping wisdom to a packed room. Much as you expected, your colleagues appear wowed and ...

Whether at a birthday party in Brazil, a funeral in Kenya, or protests in Hong Kong, humans all use variations of the same facial expressions in similar social contexts, such as smiles, frowns, ...

On the floor of the Ex-Robots factory in China’s northeastern coastal city of Dalian, engineers develop humanoid robots with a focus on enhancing facial expressions and emotions. Neck-length silicone ...

Don’t view them as an afterthought. Immersing yourself in the deaf community is often the best way to learn. By Malia Wollan “Be comfortable using your face,” writes Regan Thibodeau, 42, a certified ...

Today in news-that's-not-really news: Science officially confirms flirting works. (Science = a study conducted by researchers from the University of Kansas). But actually, there's more to the okay/duh ...

The eyes are the window to the soul — and your sexual desires. Nonverbal cues are more effective than verbal communication during sex, according to a study recently published in the Archives of Sexual ...

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