BUFFALO, N.Y. — A joint study by researchers at the University of California, San Diego, the University at Buffalo, and the University of Toronto has found that a computer–vision system can ...

Researchers at The Ohio State University have found a way for computers to recognize 21 distinct facial expressions—even expressions for complex or seemingly contradictory emotions such as "happily ...

Computer software that can detect the micro-expressions that humans often fail to pick up on is being developed at Oxford and Oulu Universities. Micro-expressions last between a 25th and a third of a ...

Scientists have found that a computer system spots real or faked expressions of pain more accurately than people can. Humans could not discriminate real from faked expressions of pain better than ...

While facial recognition programs are increasingly being used for various purposes — including identifying London rioters — researchers are going one step further and designing programs that will be ...

You can tell when someone's faking a smile or pretending to be in pain, right? Sure you can. But computer scientists think they can build systems that do it even better. There's already a Google Glass ...

The ability to make and interpret facial expressions plays a central role in being human. As one research team put it, "The face is a visible signal of others’ social intentions and motivations, and ...

You know that feeling when someone lets you down and you’re angry yet disappointed at the same time? Or what about when you watch a gross-out comedy that leaves you feeling disgusted yet cracking a ...

A new computer model that can recognize 21 distinct facial expressions more than triples the previous number of documented expressions for different emotions, researchers report. The new program can ...

A joint study by researchers at the University of California San Diego and the University of Toronto has found that a computer system spots real or faked expressions of pain more accurately than ...