Researchers scanned dogs’ brains while the pooches looked at images of human facial expressions depicting happiness, sadness, anger and fear. Different facial expressions—particularly ...

New research provides evidence that the canine brain not only separates human facial expressions by positive or negative ...

Do you find it difficult to choose the perfect smiley-face emoji when trying to convey happy emotions in a text message? Although many emojis look very similar, it seems there are countless slightly ...

We often judge happiness by appearances. A smiling face reassures us, while a serious one raises concern. But psychologists say this assumption is often wrong. Research across psychology shows that ...

Discrimination Between Negative Emotions: Using machine learning pattern analysis, researchers proved that dogs do not simply lump all bad moods together; their brains display distinct, ...

It’s something every dog owner knows — but now we have the science to prove it: Dogs really can tell when we’re happy or sad.

A team from the University of Vienna scanned the brains of several dogs to reveal how the animals’ brains respond differently ...

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 ...

Researchers first tested pictures of happiness on the dogs - an expression that previous studies suggest holds particular ...

Scientists—and dog lovers—have long known that dogs are remarkably good at interpreting our laughs, frowns and tears. But the biology behind this ability has remained largely unexplored until now. In ...