Behind that perpetual smile lies a childhood survival strategy—one that taught you to bury the very emotions that could set ...

'Every smile you fake' - an AI emotion-recognition system can assess how 'happy' China's workers are in the office A Chinese AI emotion-recognition system can monitor facial features to track how they ...

The world doesn’t seem as friendly when it’s filled with people wearing masks. We gaze at strangers’ faces to gauge their intentions, so when the nose, mouth and chin disappear behind a covering, many ...

To date, I’ve written a fair amount about human decision-making on this site. However, one topic is an implicit focus in many of the posts I write. Still, it seldom ever receives explicit attention: ...

You've worked twelve hours and are feeling tired and frustrated, but you force yourself to keep a neutral expression on your face. You're too worn out to keep typing, but you can't yawn, grimace, or ...