Researchers pinpoint part of the brain that recognizes facial expressions

Wednesday, April 20, 2016 - 12:31 in Psychology & Sociology

Researchers at The Ohio State University have pinpointed the area of the brain responsible for recognizing human facial expressions. It’s on the right side of the brain behind the ear, in a region called the posterior superior temporal sulcus (pSTS). In a paper published today in the Journal of Neuroscience, the researchers report that they […]

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