Psychology research suggests that the human body, particularly the muscles on our face, plays a key part in the processing of others' emotions. For instance, past findings suggest that when we see ...

The face we present to the world is constantly changing as different combinations of its 42 muscles contract and contort it. Humans can produce thousands of distinct facial expressions – including 19 ...

Nonverbal communication can be just as important—if not more important—than verbal communication for actors. Whether it’s Claire Danes’ furrowed brow as Carrie Mathison in “Homeland” or Jack Gleeson’s ...

Lay presentations of research on emotions often make two claims. First, they assert that all humans develop the same set of core emotions. This claim is called the “basic emotion approach” (Ekman, ...