Laboratório de Expressão Facial da Emoção

06/11/2025

06/11/2025

05/11/2025

F-M BabyFACS 6.0 — A Pioneering Scientific Creation by Professor Freitas-Magalhães

These two images represent a historic milestone in the science of human emotion. The F-M BabyFACS 6.0, developed by Professor Dr. Freitas-Magalhães, is the first system in the world to scientifically decode the nine basic emotions in infants, integrating neuromuscular codification, neuromicroexpressions and advanced facial neurobiology.

The first image illustrates the thermo-afferent emotional mapping of the infant face, revealing the neurovascular activation associated with each emotion — from fear and anger to love and sadness. Warm tones highlight areas of heightened neural and affective engagement, while cooler tones indicate emotional withdrawal or protective inhibition. This visualization demonstrates, with scientific clarity, that the infant’s emotional system is biologically structured and functionally expressive from the earliest months of life.

The second image presents the pure anatomical and muscular expression of these same emotions, highlighting the precision of facial action units and micro-movements that define the developing affective repertoire. Each expression — including pain and love, now formally recognized as basic emotions in the F-M FACS 6.0 — reflects innate neurobiological programs essential for survival, bonding, communication and social development.

Together, these visual models inaugurate a new era in developmental affective neuroscience. They show that the baby’s face is a measurable, codifiable and scientifically interpretable emotional interface — a living map of the brain’s earliest affective circuits.

The F-M BabyFACS 6.0 has profound implications for pediatrics, psychology, early childhood care, neuroscience, and emotionally-aware artificial intelligence, strengthening the ethical imperative to understand and protect the emotional world of infants.

With this pioneering work, Professor Freitas-Magalhães once again positions himself at the global forefront of emotion science, offering humanity a revolutionary lens through which to observe — and honour — the emotional truth of the first chapters of life.

05/11/2025

F-M BabyFACS 6.0 — A Pioneering Scientific Creation by Professor Freitas-Magalhães

These two images represent a historic milestone in the science of human emotion. The F-M BabyFACS 6.0, developed by Professor Dr. Freitas-Magalhães, is the first system in the world to scientifically decode the nine basic emotions in infants, integrating neuromuscular codification, neuromicroexpressions and advanced facial neurobiology.

The first image illustrates the thermo-afferent emotional mapping of the infant face, revealing the neurovascular activation associated with each emotion — from fear and anger to love and sadness. Warm tones highlight areas of heightened neural and affective engagement, while cooler tones indicate emotional withdrawal or protective inhibition. This visualization demonstrates, with scientific clarity, that the infant’s emotional system is biologically structured and functionally expressive from the earliest months of life.

The second image presents the pure anatomical and muscular expression of these same emotions, highlighting the precision of facial action units and micro-movements that define the developing affective repertoire. Each expression — including pain and love, now formally recognized as basic emotions in the F-M FACS 6.0 — reflects innate neurobiological programs essential for survival, bonding, communication and social development.

Together, these visual models inaugurate a new era in developmental affective neuroscience. They show that the baby’s face is a measurable, codifiable and scientifically interpretable emotional interface — a living map of the brain’s earliest affective circuits.

The F-M BabyFACS 6.0 has profound implications for pediatrics, psychology, early childhood care, neuroscience, and emotionally-aware artificial intelligence, strengthening the ethical imperative to understand and protect the emotional world of infants.

With this pioneering work, Professor Freitas-Magalhães once again positions himself at the global forefront of emotion science, offering humanity a revolutionary lens through which to observe — and honour — the emotional truth of the first chapters of life.

05/11/2025

F-M BabyFACS 6.0 — A Pioneering Creation by Professor Freitas-Magalhães

The F-M BabyFACS 6.0 marks a historic breakthrough in the science of human emotional expression, revealing — with unprecedented precision — the neuroemotional architecture of the infant face. Conceived and developed by Professor Dr. Freitas-Magalhães, the global leader in facial and affective neuroscience, this innovative system integrates micro- and neuromicroexpressive facial coding with thermal-emotional mapping, demonstrating that fundamental emotions emerge with structure and biological coherence from the earliest months of life.

This advanced depiction of the nine basic emotions — including the scientific recognition of love as a primary emotion — shows that the infant face is a profoundly informative neurobiological interface, translating the dynamic interplay between facial musculature, affective neural circuits, and psychophysiological activation. The thermal-emotional gradient displayed in the atlas highlights the intensity and neurovascular distribution associated with each emotional state, reinforcing the inseparable connection between the facial brain and early affective expression.

F-M BabyFACS 6.0 inaugurates a transformative paradigm in developmental science, establishing a foundation for revolutionary applications in pediatrics, developmental psychology, affective neuroscience, early childhood education, empathic artificial intelligence, and early intervention. Through this visionary creation, Professor Freitas-Magalhães reaffirms his position as a world pioneer, advancing a rigorous, innovative, and profoundly human science — where understanding the emotions of infants becomes a fundamental act of care, protection, and respect for their emotional dignity.

More than a scientific system, this work stands as a humanistic, scientific, and technological legacy, opening a new era in emotional decoding from the cradle. .viannaa

05/11/2025

F-M BabyFACS 6.0 — A Pioneering Creation by Professor Freitas-Magalhães

The F-M BabyFACS 6.0 stands as a groundbreaking and unprecedented milestone in the scientific and human understanding of early emotional life. Developed by Professor Dr. Freitas-Magalhães, the world’s leading expert in the neuroscience of facial emotional expression, this innovative system decodes — with neuromuscular and neuroemotion precision — the nine basic emotions displayed by infants, including love, now scientifically recognized as a basic emotion within the F-M FACS 6.0 framework.

By integrating facial anatomical mapping, micro- and neuromicroexpressive codification, and neurofunctional cartography, F-M BabyFACS 6.0 offers a precise, sensitive, and empirically grounded reading of emotions from the earliest stages of human development. This pioneering contribution to developmental neuroscience demonstrates that infants exhibit structured, biologically inscribed, evolutionarily meaningful emotional patterns from the very beginning of life.

This atlas reveals, with exceptional clarity, the intimate dialogue between the facial brain and early emotional expression. Each image shows the delicate interplay between facial musculature, affective neural circuits, and adaptive survival functions — from the cry of pain to the tender warmth of love, from surprise to joy, from sadness to contempt and anger.

More than a scientific instrument, the F-M BabyFACS 6.0 inaugurates a new ethical paradigm in early emotional understanding: to understand is to care better. It opens profound avenues for pediatrics, developmental psychology, neuroscience, education, and emotionally aware artificial intelligence in infant health, reinforcing that the baby’s face is an early, objective, and measurable mirror of emotional life.

Through this visionary creation, Professor Freitas-Magalhães once again affirms his global leadership in shaping a rigorous, innovative, and profoundly human science of emotion — from the cradle.

05/11/2025

F-M BabyFACS 6.0 — A Pioneering Creation by Professor Freitas-Magalhães

The F-M BabyFACS 6.0 stands as a groundbreaking and unprecedented milestone in the scientific and human understanding of early emotional life. Developed by Professor Dr. Freitas-Magalhães, the world’s leading expert in the neuroscience of facial emotional expression, this innovative system decodes — with neuromuscular and neuroemotion precision — the nine basic emotions displayed by infants, including love, now scientifically recognized as a basic emotion within the F-M FACS 6.0 framework.

By integrating facial anatomical mapping, micro- and neuromicroexpressive codification, and neurofunctional cartography, F-M BabyFACS 6.0 offers a precise, sensitive, and empirically grounded reading of emotions from the earliest stages of human development. This pioneering contribution to developmental neuroscience demonstrates that infants exhibit structured, biologically inscribed, evolutionarily meaningful emotional patterns from the very beginning of life.

This atlas reveals, with exceptional clarity, the intimate dialogue between the facial brain and early emotional expression. Each image shows the delicate interplay between facial musculature, affective neural circuits, and adaptive survival functions — from the cry of pain to the tender warmth of love, from surprise to joy, from sadness to contempt and anger.

More than a scientific instrument, the F-M BabyFACS 6.0 inaugurates a new ethical paradigm in early emotional understanding: to understand is to care better. It opens profound avenues for pediatrics, developmental psychology, neuroscience, education, and emotionally aware artificial intelligence in infant health, reinforcing that the baby’s face is an early, objective, and measurable mirror of emotional life.

Through this visionary creation, Professor Freitas-Magalhães once again affirms his global leadership in shaping a rigorous, innovative, and profoundly human science of emotion — from the cradle. .viannaa

05/11/2025

In the image, Professor Freitas-Magalhães is seen at the Faculty of Medicine, in a teaching moment dedicated to the importance of facial emotional expression in doctor–patient communication. This setting reflects a pioneering academic practice, centred on the interface between the brain, the face, and emotion.

Professor Freitas-Magalhães presents the advanced principles of the Facial Brain Theory, the pioneer concept of neuromicroexpressions, and the scientific system F-M FACS 6.0, internationally recognised as a contemporary reference for the neuro-emotional decoding of the human face.

The environment, supported by technology and digital anatomical models, reinforces the rigour and pedagogical vanguard: here, medicine meets affective neuroscience and clinical communication, shaping physicians with enhanced diagnostic sensitivity and relational empathy.

The photograph thus captures an emblematic moment where science, education, and humanism converge to transform the way emotion is understood and applied in the context of healthcare.

05/11/2025

In this image, we see a professor in an academic setting, seated before a projected slide featuring a systematic and scientifically rigorous display of human facial expressions. The title on the screen — “The Science of Neuromicroexpressions” — highlights a groundbreaking field of study. Neuromicroexpressions, a concept scientifically coined and developed by Professor Freitas-Magalhães, are presented here as emotional biomarkers, illustrating subtle, rapid, and neurophysiologically grounded emotional signals.

The visual composition reflects focus, method, and intellectual inquiry — key hallmarks of advanced research in facial emotion science. The projected images show multiple basic emotional states captured with high muscular precision, revealing micro-temporal and neurobiological nuances that define the neuromicroexpression phenomenon. This aligns with the Facial Brain Theory, also authored by Professor Freitas-Magalhães, which integrates the brain, the face, and emotion within a unified scientific architecture.

This moment captures the essence of pioneering work in affective neuroscience and scientific facial decoding. It illustrates not only the evolution of emotional research, but also the decisive contribution of a scholar who has transformed how we understand and measure human emotional communication — at the most precise and revealing scale of human behavior.

04/11/2025

This photograph captures a moment of academic engagement and scientific dissemination in the field of facial neuroscience and emotional expression. In the foreground, a scholar appears in a calm and focused posture, while behind him a slide is projected presenting groundbreaking work on neuromicroexpressions as emotional biomarkers.

The projected material refers to the innovative concept of neuromicroexpressions, introduced by Prof. Freitas-Magalhães, a leading figure in the global scientific study of the face, brain, and emotion. The images display detailed facial and neuroanatomical representations of basic emotions, illustrating the integration between neural activation, facial musculature, and emotional states—a hallmark of the research developed at the FEELab.

More than just a photograph, this is a visual testimony to the advancement of emotional neuroscience and the rigorous scientific effort dedicated to decoding the human face. It reflects a pioneering vision that continues to shape the understanding of emotional communication and the neuropsychophysiology of expression.