When Shakespeare called sleep "nature's soft nurse," he was definitely onto something. Centuries later researchers have found that inadequate sleep in children affects their emotional functioning in ...

Human beings are generally good at interpreting others’ emotions, even when they’re hidden or masked — a handy skill for succesful social interactions. For example, you’re in a meeting that is ...

A large study published in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience has found that children who were tested during the COVID-19 pandemic showed measurable differences in how their brains processed faces, ...

We use our faces to communicate, but our facial expressions may not always come across the way we think they do. And we may be just as wrong when reading the faces of others, a study says. "Many ...

We express our emotions and recognize them in others using facial expressions – this is obvious. What is, perhaps, less immediately obvious is that we also recognize and express emotions using body ...

It’s easy to tell how my grandchildren are feeling just by seeing their faces. As a parent and as an educator, this is a crucial tool in my communication with people, young and old. Being able to ...

We like to think we can read people like a book, relying mostly on tell-tale facial expressions that give away the emotions inside: the way the brows lift slightly with alarm, or the crow’s feet that ...

Last year we looked at an interesting research project from scientists at Cornell University seeking to use wearable cameras to track facial expressions, and the technology has now taken on a more ...

Often called the world’s most famous face reader, he inspired the TV show ‘Lie to Me.’ But some questioned his assumption that human expressions were ‘pan-cultural.’ Credit: Gemma Cubero del ...