As one of our closest biological relatives, some primates can appear eerily similar to humans. But our different interpretations of facial expressions can be a misunderstanding capable of endangering ...

Facial expressions arise from brain networks that encode slow, context-rich meaning and fast muscle control on different time scales, keeping smiles and threats socially precise.

Lauren Dawson is a postdoctoral fellow of Animal Biosciences at the University of Guelph. This story originally featured on The Conversation. Cats are popular pets: There are an estimated 200 million ...

If you were to travel anywhere in the globe -- even to visit remote tribes who have scant contact with the larger world -- would people be able to read your emotions from your facial expressions ...