It has been proposed that facial expression production originates in sensory regulation. Here we demonstrate that facial expressions of fear are configured to enhance sensory acquisition. A ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Robyn Williams: We now turn to disgust. Yes, that's also a branch of science, didn't you know? Here's ...

Why do our eyes open wide when we feel fear or narrow to slits when we express disgust? According to new research, it has to do with survival. In a paper published Thursday in the journal ...

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Facial expressions, Charles Darwin argued in The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, are a universal window into emotion. But new research challenges that notion, showing that east Asian ...

Lisa A Williams receives funding from the Australian Research Council (DP130102110, DP130104468, LP140100034). Feeling queasy? How about deceitful? New research shows feelings of disgust encourage ...