A new study led by investigators at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) suggests that female mice that are prone to anxiety may prefer and actively seek out a starvation-like state in response to repeated exposure ...
Apr 22, 2024
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The face reflects a person's emotional state. The interpretation of facial expressions as part of psychotherapy or psychotherapeutic research, for example, is an effective way of characterizing how a person is feeling in ...
Dec 29, 2023
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While people the world over enjoy a good laugh, remarkably little is known about this instinctive behaviour.
Jun 15, 2023
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Does someone look angry or sad? You can probably offer an answer to that question based on the information you can see just by looking at their face. That's because facial expressions—or a combination of different small ...
Feb 13, 2023
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Researchers used an algorithm to allow people to refine what they thought the facial expression of a particular emotion should look like. The results show profound individual differences, suggesting the same facial expression ...
Oct 31, 2022
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When we're happy, we smile. But does it work the other way? Can posing facial muscles in a smile brighten our mood?
Oct 20, 2022
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Eyes wide, a baby reaches for a toy. Her caregiver, sensing her interest, brings the toy within her grasp.
Oct 6, 2022
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The bacterial toxin botulinum toxin (BTX)—colloquially known as Botox—is probably known to most people as a remedy for wrinkles. But botulinum toxin can do even more: if it is injected into the forehead, for example, ...
Sep 22, 2022
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Does eye contact always attract attention? Not in every case, as a research team at the University of Würzburg's Institute of Psychology has recently shown. Why not? Because context matters.
Sep 19, 2022
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There's a common perception that autistic individuals are poor at recognizing others' emotions and have little insight into how effectively they do so.
Aug 2, 2022
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