Humans perceive emotional expressions displayed by non-human primates and spontaneously mimic these expressions, according to ...

Humans not only recognize emotions on the faces of monkeys and apes but also unconsciously mimic those expressions.

Humans perceive emotional expressions displayed by non-human primates and spontaneously mimic these expressions, according to a study published March 11, 2026, in the open-access journal PLOS One by ...

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 ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Look at the picture above. Do you think the ...

The AI field has made remarkable progress with incomplete data. Leading generative models like Claude, Gemini, GPT-4, and Llama can understand text but not emotion. These models can’t process your ...

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, ...

Emotional restraint toward parents may reflect loyalty, respect, and relational identity rather than avoidance. Understanding these dynamics can help therapy create space for both honesty and care.