The answer in this instance for why people do blush lies in the invisible threads of our upbringing and the intricate social codes we’ve absorbed throughout our lives.

Why do we blush? Is it a reaction to being embarrassed, self-conscious, mortified, or just happy? For years, scientists have tried to figure out why someone blushes. Sure, we know that blushing ...

Karaoke reveals why we blush Volunteers watched their own performances as an MRI tracked brain activity.

Why do we blush? Research subjects watched their own karaoke to find out. Participants in a new study blushed while watching videos of themselves singing popular karaoke songs from Adele, Mariah ...

The scientists pulled this karaoke stunt to embarrass their participants, and ultimately, to understand why we blush.

It is perhaps no wonder that Charles Darwin referred to it as "the most peculiar and the most human of all expressions." But why do we blush, and what are the underlying mechanisms of blushing?