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Laboratório de Expressão Facial da Emoção

Laboratório de Expressão Facial da Emoção
FEELab/UFP always emotional
2003-2021 18 anos de Pioneirismo e Inovação

18/06/2026

PRE-SALE. July. ❤️🙏

18/06/2026

F-M FACS 6.0: Uma Nova Era na Ciência da Face Humana

O F-M Facial Action Coding System 6.0 (F-M FACS 6.0) representa a mais avançada evolução da codificação científica da face humana. Desenvolvido pelo Professor Freitas-Magalhães, este sistema pioneiro integra 121 códigos neurofuncionais, abrangendo movimentos faciais, oculares, linguais, auriculares, comportamentais e vocais, permitindo uma análise sem precedentes da relação entre cérebro, face e emoção.

Assente na Facial Brain Theory, nas Neuromicroexpressões e na moderna neurociência afetiva, o F-M FACS 6.0 ultrapassa os modelos tradicionais ao incorporar indicadores neurofuncionais capazes de revelar processos emocionais subtis, muitas vezes invisíveis à observação convencional.

A imagem ilustra simbolicamente esta integração entre anatomia facial, expressão emocional e ciência, evidenciando a complexa arquitetura muscular que sustenta a comunicação humana.

Mais do que um sistema de codificação, o F-M FACS 6.0 constitui uma nova linguagem científica para compreender a emoção, com aplicações na investigação, medicina, psicologia, inteligência artificial, educação, justiça e tecnologia.

Do Porto para o mundo, nasce uma nova geração da ciência da face humana.

18/06/2026

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18/06/2026

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16/06/2026

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15/06/2026

F-M FACS COLLECTION 2026

A new era in the science of the human face has arrived.

The F-M FACS Collection 2026 brings together, for the first time, the four landmark volumes that represent the most advanced evolution of the scientific work developed by Dr. Freitas-Magalhães, one of the world’s leading authorities in facial expression, emotion, and neurobehavioral psychology.

This unique collection includes:

• Facial Action Coding System 6.0 – Manual
The definitive reference work for the scientific coding of the human face, presenting a new neurofunctional architecture composed of 121 facial, motor, behavioral, pupillary, and vocal codes.

• Facial Action Coding System 6.0 AI – Manual
The world’s first neurofunctional facial coding system assisted by Artificial Intelligence, integrating neuroscience, emotional analysis, and advanced computational technologies.

• Facial Action Coding System 6.0 – Atlas
The official visual atlas of the system, featuring anatomical maps, coding examples, facial muscle representations, and detailed neurofacial reference models.

• F-M EmoFACS 2026
The first neurofunctional emotional inference system designed to interpret emotional states through the integration of facial activity, brain mechanisms, and emotional dynamics.

More than a collection of books, this series represents the culmination of decades of research dedicated to understanding the relationship between the brain, the face, and emotion. It is an essential resource for researchers, psychologists, physicians, neuroscientists, artificial intelligence specialists, forensic experts, and all professionals interested in decoding the most universal language of humanity: the human face.

From Porto to the world. From observation to Artificial Intelligence. From emotion to scientific codification.

F-M FACS COLLECTION 2026
The New Language of Human Emotion.

15/06/2026

THE PERIODIC TABLE OF EIGHT SOCIAL EMOTIONS

Human emotional life extends far beyond the classical basic emotions. Social emotions emerge through interaction with others, shaping relationships, moral judgment, group dynamics, and personal identity. In The Periodic Table of Eight Social Emotions, Professor Freitas-Magalhães and Sandro Pereira present a pioneering framework that organizes eight fundamental social emotions according to their facial expression, neuropsychological foundations, adaptive function, and psychosocial significance.

The model includes Envy, Forgiveness, Grief, Guilt, Hate, Jealousy, Pride, and Shame, each represented by a distinct neurofacial profile and a specific configuration of facial Action Units. These emotions are not merely subjective experiences; they are biologically rooted processes involving the coordinated activity of the brain, the face, and social cognition.

Inspired by the logic of the periodic table in chemistry, this innovative system classifies social emotions according to shared properties, functional roles, and expressive characteristics. The result is a scientific map that allows researchers, clinicians, educators, and artificial intelligence developers to better understand how social emotions are generated, communicated, and interpreted.

The model highlights that emotions such as guilt and shame contribute to social regulation and moral behavior, while pride reinforces achievement and self-worth. Forgiveness promotes reconciliation and social cohesion, whereas envy and jealousy reflect complex mechanisms related to competition, status, and attachment. Grief represents the emotional response to loss, and hate emerges as one of the most powerful forms of social rejection and antagonism.

A central contribution of this work is the demonstration that social emotions possess identifiable facial signatures, allowing them to be systematically studied through facial coding systems such as the F-M FACS. This perspective strengthens the connection between neuroscience, psychology, facial expression research, and human behavior.

13/06/2026

FROM BRAIN TO FACE

The Neuroemotional Pathway of S*xual Expression

Every sexual expression begins long before it appears on the face.

In S*x Face: Basic and Applied Studies Using the F-M FACS 5.0, Prof. Freitas-Magalhães proposes that sexual behaviour should be understood as a complete neuroemotional process linking the brain, emotion, facial expression and sexual response. Rather than being isolated events, these components form a dynamic and continuous cycle through which desire is generated, experienced, communicated and reinforced.

The journey starts in the brain, where sensory information activates limbic and reward circuits associated with attraction, desire and anticipation. Neurochemical systems involving dopamine, oxytocin and other neurotransmitters prepare the organism for emotional and sexual engagement.

From these neural activations emerges emotion. S*xual desire is not merely a physiological reaction but a subjective emotional experience shaped by cognition, motivation and interpersonal meaning. Emotional states influence breathing, heart rate, autonomic activity and overall arousal.

The next stage is the face, the most visible interface of the emotional brain. Through facial muscle activation, microexpressions and neuromicroexpressions, the internal sexual state becomes externally observable. Using the F-M Facial Action Coding System 5.0 (F-M FACS 5.0), these subtle facial signals can be scientifically identified and analysed.

Finally, the process culminates in the sexual response, where emotion, physiology and behaviour converge. Attraction, intimacy, pleasure, or**sm and bonding become part of a broader adaptive mechanism that strengthens human connection and reproductive behaviour.

13/06/2026

S*X FACE vs. PAIN FACE

Two Expressions. Two Neuroemotional Worlds.

At first glance, the face of sexual pleasure and the face of pain may appear surprisingly similar. Eyes may close, facial muscles may contract, breathing may intensify, and the mouth may open. Yet beneath these apparent similarities lie two profoundly different neurobiological realities.

In S*x Face: Basic and Applied Studies Using the F-M FACS 5.0, Prof. Freitas-Magalhães demonstrates that the human face reflects not only what we feel, but also why we feel it. Pleasure and pain activate distinct neural circuits, different emotional systems, and opposite adaptive functions.

The S*x Face emerges from activation of the brain’s reward and attachment networks, involving dopamine, oxytocin and endorphins. It communicates attraction, intimacy, connection and emotional openness. Its facial markers reflect approach, engagement and bonding.

The Pain Face, by contrast, is driven by threat-detection and survival systems involving regions such as the amygdala, insula and anterior cingulate cortex. It communicates distress, vulnerability and the need for protection or assistance. Its facial markers reflect defence, withdrawal and survival.

Using the pioneering F-M Facial Action Coding System 5.0 (F-M FACS 5.0), Prof. Freitas-Magalhães shows that the distinction between these two expressions cannot be understood by observing a single facial movement in isolation. The key lies in the complete neuroemotional pattern: facial actions, neuromicroexpressions, physiological activation, context and behavioural meaning.

The comparison between S*x Face and Pain Face highlights one of the most important principles of facial neuroscience:

The face does not merely display movement. It reveals function.

Understanding the difference between pleasure and pain is not only a scientific challenge. It is essential for medicine, psychology, neuroscience, artificial intelligence and human relationships.

Because every face tells a story.

And science helps us understand what that story truly means.

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