Human Facial Expression. An Evolutionary View

✍ Scribed by Alan J. Fridlund (Auth.)

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 1994
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 375
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This unique book provides an integrated view of human facial expressions based on contemporary knowledge about the evolution of signaling across the animal kingdom. Spanning fields that range from psychology and neurology to anthropology and linguistics, it reopens and discusses some of the classic questions in the field, including: What do facial expressions express? What are the relations between facial expressions and our motives and emotions? How did our facial expressions evolve? Are there really innate and universal facial expressions? Human Facial Expression is suitable for graduate and advanced undergraduate use as a text or course supplement. Chapters on the history of interpreting facial expressions, and on Darwin's contributions, set the stage for a thorough discussion of modern evolutionary theory and the biological, cultural, and developmental origins of our facial expressions. The incorporation of recent findings on the syntactics and semantics of animal signaling show the fundamental link of human facial expressions to vocalization and language.

Key Features
Coverage includes methodology in evolutionary research
Introductory discussion of facial nerves and muscles
Compares and contrasts emotion vs. behavioral ecology views of facial expressions
Cross-cultural analysis of similarities and differences in facial expressions
* Reviews paralanguage and gesture

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Dedication, Page v
PREFACE, Pages xi-xii
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, Pages xiii-xiv
1 - PRE-DARWINIAN VIEWS ON FACIAL EXPRESSION, Pages 1-12
2 - DARWIN'S ANTI-DARWINISM IN EXPRESSION OF THE EMOTIONS IN MAN AND ANIMALS, Pages 13-27
3 - FACIAL EXPRESSION AND THE METHODS OF CONTEMPORARY EVOLUTIONARY RESEARCH, Pages 28-54
4 - MECHANISMS FOR THE EVOLUTION OF FACIAL EXPRESSIONS, Pages 55-78
5 - FACIAL HARDWARE: THE NERVES AND MUSCLES OF THE FACE, Pages 79-98
6 - FACIAL REFLEXES AND THE ONTOGENY OF FACIAL DISPLAYS, Pages 99-122
7 - EMOTIONS VERSUS BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY VIEWS OF FACIAL EXPRESSION: THEORY AND CONCEPTS, Pages 123-139
8 - EMOTIONS VERSUS BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY VIEWS OF FACIAL EXPRESSION: THE STATE OF THE EVIDENCE, Pages 140-186
9 - INTRODUCTION: CROSS-CULTURAL STUDIES OF FACIAL EXPRESSIONS OF EMOTIONS, Pages 187-190
10 - IS THERE UNIVERSAL RECOGNITION OF EMOTION FROM FACIAL EXPRESSION? A REVIEW OF THE CROSS-CULTURAL STUDIES, Pages 191-268
11 - HOW DO WE ACCOUNT FOR BOTH UNIVERSAL AND REGIONAL VARIATIONS IN FACIAL EXPRESSIONS OF EMOTIONS?, Pages 269-294
12 - FACIAL PARALANGUAGE AND GESTURE, Pages 295-313
13 - EPILOGUE: THE STUDY OF FACIAL DISPLAYS—WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?, Pages 314-316
REFERENCES, Pages 317-347
AUTHOR INDEX, Pages 349-358
SUBJECT INDEX, Pages 359-369