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 ...

You may have blushed at times when you were embarrassed, humiliated, discouraged, or mortified. Although blushing is an innately patterned emotional response, it can be conceived most simply as a ...

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 ...

Blushing can signal a non-verbal apology for a social misstep that can help to maintain social bonds after a transgression. Different emotions can make us blush—but the mechanism is the same: ...