Researchers trained mice and monkeys to forage for targets in an immersive virtual environment. The animals' facial ...

Facial expressions evolved as fast, universal emotional signals, interpreted more reliably than wordless vocalizations. Human ...

Researchers propose radical change in how animal facial expressions are defined and studied. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2023 / 10 / 231005110759.htm.

Changes in the facial expressions of mice can be hard for the human observer to make out, ... The researchers hope to delve into the neuronal mechanisms behind emotions in animals like mice.

Changing a facial expression when given attention by someone else, until now, was only known in primates and dogs—the latter of which shares a life with, and has been domesticated by, humans. 2:05 ...

We also think to recognize feelings in the facial expressions of our pets. In contrast, the faces of other animals can appear expressionless to us. This is wrong, as the Max Planck scientists now ...

Implications for animal welfare. My work has shown that cats display different facial expressions and that these facial expressions differ depending on how cats are feeling, both positive and ...

The team wanted to understand how the animals used facial mimicry: where an animal nearly or exactly copies the expressions of a counterpart. They found sun bears do in fact use their faces to ...

By way of nearly 300 different facial expressions, ... Two U.S. scientists tracked and coded interactions between dozens of domesticated cats, and found the animals to have 276 facial expressions.

Trying to assess pain by studying slight differences in facial expressions can quite literally be a pain-staking operation – it’s not always easy to do in real time and requires training.