Researchers use MRI scans and karaoke to better understand the nature of blushing

Associations between task activity and individual differences in blushing as indexed by cheek temperature increase. (a) Regions with parameter estimates for watching singing associated with individual differences in cheek temperature changes. (b–c) Regions with significant differences in association with individual differences in cheek temperature change as a function of the singer. Credit: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (2024). DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2024.0958 A small team of psychologists and neurologists from the University of Amsterdam, in the Netherlands, and D’Annunzio University of Chieti–Pescara, in Italy, has found that blushing may be more related to an increase in emotional awareness and Read More