Facial expressions are central to social life, yet scientists still don’t fully understand how the brain produces them. To ...

Facial expression control starts in a very old part of the nervous system. In the brain stem sits the facial nucleus, which ...

When a baby smiles at you, it's almost impossible not to smile back. This spontaneous reaction to a facial expression is part ...

Brain representations of body parts in the lateral occipitotemporal cortex (LOTC) are grouped into three distinct categories: action effectors (hands, feet, arms, and legs), non-effectors (chest and ...