Women’s real human faces are showing up on screen more often. I’d like to officially declare the dawn of a new era.

W e all subtly mirror the facial expressions of the people around us, smiling when they smile, furrowing our brows in concert ...

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 ...

Credit - Photo-Illustration by Chloe Dowling for TIME (Source Images: Klaus Vedfelt—Getty Images, Tim Robberts—Getty Images, Kelvin Murray—Getty Images, Robert Recker—Getty Images, Howard ...

Facial mimicry refers to automatic copying of another person’s facial expressions. When one person smiles, a listener may ...

A study challenges the long-held view that facial mimicry functions primarily as a social tool for politeness or empathy, ...

Imagine sitting across from someone describing two movies to you. You listen attentively, trying to decide which one ...

3D-rendered faces are a big part of any major movie or game now, but the task of capturing and animating them in a natural way can be a tough one. Disney Research is working on ways to smooth out this ...