Blushing was once thought to be the “most peculiar and most human of all expressions,” as Charles Darwin put it, but a new study has found that hens share this peculiarity and can also express their ...

It happens in an instant: a sudden rush of heat spreading across your cheeks, sometimes even your neck or chest. Whether it’s triggered by an embarrassing moment, an unexpected compliment, or even a ...

What could be more embarrassing that performing badly at karaoke and having everyone see you? It’s a truly humiliating experience, and that’s why researchers recently used it to study the science of ...

A new collaboration between researchers from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, the University of Amsterdam and the University of Chieti explores the neural substrates of blushing in a MRI ...

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In a recent study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, a group of researchers investigated the neural substrates and mental processes underlying blushing in ...

Blushing is one of those weird little things the body does that we rarely stop to think about—until we feel our cheeks burning in a room full of people. It usually sneaks up during awkward moments: a ...

Hens fluff their head feathers and blush to express different emotions and levels of excitement, according to a new study. Hens fluff their head feathers and blush to express different emotions and ...

Domestic chickens were analyzed in different scenarios which evoked varied emotions and found to display facial redness (blushing) and facial feather fluffing. Happy, relaxed birds showed preening ...