When it comes to flirting, men and women aren’t necessarily great at reading the nonverbal cues that show someone is romantically interested in them — and, at best, that can lead to some awkward ...

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What if the emotions we think we see aren’t really there? Neuroscience reveals how culture shapes what we feel—and how easily ...

Whether at a birthday party in Brazil, a funeral in Kenya, or protests in Hong Kong, humans all use variations of the same facial expressions in similar social contexts, such as smiles, frowns, ...

The eyes are the window to the soul — and your sexual desires. Nonverbal cues are more effective than verbal communication during sex, according to a study recently published in the Archives of Sexual ...

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, ...

Connor Tom Keating receives funding from the Medical Research Council (MRC). Jennifer Cook has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under ...

Sarah has been an editor and contributor for Game Rant since 2015. After meeting her first Chocobo, she never looked back. Sarah majored in game design in college and utilizes that knowledge to ...

Cats may play it cool, but their true feelings are written all over their furry little faces The flick of an ear. A wrinkle of a nose. Those long, slow blinks. Cat owners have long believed their cats ...

Researchers have described different emotional facial expressions for mice. Similar to humans, the face of a mouse looks completely different when it tastes something sweet or bitter, or when it ...

You prepared thoroughly for a presentation at work, and now you’re dropping wisdom to a packed room. Much as you expected, your colleagues appear wowed and ...