ReviewNeuroscience and biobehavioral reviews2024
Sensorimotor regulation of facial expression - An untouched frontier.
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- Exploring the Sensorimotor System's Role in Emotional Authenticity Discrimination: A ccPAS Study.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2026Article
- Capturing omega sign in the clinical assessment of depression by deep learning.Translational psychiatry · 2026Article
- Reduced sensitivity to tactile stimuli associated with physical and mental disorders: A monozygotic twin study.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Emotional Training via Telerehabilitation After Surgical Treatment for Facial Palsy: Prospective, Assessor-Blinded, 2-Arm Pilot Cohort Study.JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologies · 2026Article
- AI-Based Angle Map Analysis of Facial Asymmetry in Peripheral Facial Palsy.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Spatiotemporal dynamics and substates underlie emotional signalling in facial movements.Scientific reports · 2026Article
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- Beyond motor recovery: emerging perspectives in the management of peripheral facial palsy-a narrative review.Frontiers in neurology · 2026Review
- The neurobiological basis of emotions and their connection to facial expressions in non-human mammals: insights in nonverbal communication.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Review
- A sensorimotor basis for facial expressivity differences in autism.Imaging neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2025Article
- Dynamic concordance between subjective and facial EMG hedonic responses during the consumption of gel-type food.Current research in food science · 2025Article
- Facial Expression and Predicting and Monitoring Response to Depression Treatment: A Systematic Review.Digital biomarkersReview
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Abstract
Facial expression is a critical form of nonverbal social communication which promotes emotional exchange and affiliation among humans. Facial expressions are generated via precise contraction of the facial muscles, guided by sensory feedback. While the neural pathways underlying facial motor control are well characterized in humans and primates, it remains unknown how tactile and proprioceptive information reaches these pathways to guide facial muscle contraction. Thus, despite the importance of facial expressions for social functioning, little is known about how they are generated as a unique sensorimotor behavior. In this review, we highlight current knowledge about sensory feedback from the face and how it is distinct from other body regions. We describe connectivity between the facial sensory and motor brain systems, and call attention to the other brain systems which influence facial expression behavior, including vision, gustation, emotion, and interoception. Finally, we petition for more research on the sensory basis of facial expressions, asserting that incomplete understanding of sensorimotor mechanisms is a barrier to addressing atypical facial expressivity in clinical populations.
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