Among these facial expressions were the six, long-recognized basic emotions — happy, sad, fearful, angry, surprised and disgusted — but also 15 others, which were a combination of these basic ...

Can surprise work for a social change? Surprise not only generates an emotional reaction, but is also a push to learn, and an experience that people get excited to share with others.

People can recognize many different emotions, but until now most research was limited to only six basic facial expressions: happy, sad, fearful, angry, surprised and disgusted.

Scientists have discovered a tell-tale sign of heart and lung disease – the inability to show surprise in our face. US research published in Emergency Medicine Journal tested the facial ...

The expressions ‘Oh my gosh’ and ‘Oh my god’ are used to express surprise or shock. When people are surprised or shocked by something they use these exclamations in their conversations.

But this study -- in which researchers flashed images of people with smiling, neutral and surprised expressions -- showed the opposite: participants perceived the surprised faces as the youngest ...