September 3, 2009 — Patients with disfiguring psoriasis appear to have altered brain responses to disgust, allowing them to cope with the social stigma of their illness by "screening out" others' ...

Study finds psoriasis patients may stop recognizing repulsive looks. Aug. 26, 2009— -- The brains of patients with the skin condition psoriasis are less responsive to expressions of disgust on ...

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 ...

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 ...

Researchers have found a way for computers to recognize 21 distinct facial expressions -- even expressions for complex or seemingly contradictory emotions such as “happily disgusted” or “sadly angry.” ...

Show someone a piece of rotting food and their reaction will be visibly similar the world over. Their eyes will close, their noses will wrinkle and their mouths will tighten, all part of a universal ...

BOSTON — Young children have a gift for doing things that adults find disgusting. But kids themselves take a surprisingly long time, until about age 5, to grasp the meaning of adults’ facial ...

The facial expression indicating disagreement is universal, researchers say. A furrowed brow, lifted chin and pressed-together lips — a mix of anger, disgust and contempt — are used to show negative ...

Some of the expressions the researchers identified, from top left to bottom right: happy, sad, fearful, angry, surprised, disgusted, happily surprised, happily disgusted, sadly fearful, sadly angry.

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 ...

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 ...

We all have a better sense of smell than we give ourselves credit for. Over the years, there has been considerable research showing that humans have the ability to detect emotional and physical states ...