Darwin and Facial Expression: A Century of Research in Review

Darwin and Facial Expression: A Century of Research in Review

Darwin and Facial Expression: A Century of Research in Review

Darwin and Facial Expression: A Century of Research in Review

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Overview

In Darwin and Facial Expression, Paul Ekman and a cast of other notable scholars and scientists reconsider the central concepts and key sources of information in Darwin's work on emotional expression. First published in 1972 to celebrate the centennial of the publication of Darwin's The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, Darwin and Facial Expression is the first of three works edited by Dr. Ekman and others on the subject. This Malor edition contains new and updated references. Darwin claimed that we cannot understand human emotional expression without understanding the emotional expressions of animals, as our emotional expressions are in large part determined by our evolution. Not only are there similarities in the appearance of some emotional expressions between man and certain other animals, but the principles that explain why a particular emotional expression occurs with a particular emotion also apply across species.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781948013031
Publisher: Malor Books
Publication date: 04/01/2021
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 274
File size: 6 MB

About the Author

Paul Ekman is Professor Emeritus of Psychology in the department of psychiatry at the University of California Medical School, San Francisco, and the author of 13 books. He is a frequent consultant on emotional expression to the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Central Intelligence Agency and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, as well as to animation studios such as Pixar and Industrial Light and Magic.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors

Preface to New Edition

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction

Paul Ekman

2. Facial Expression of Emotion in Nonhuman Primates

Suzanne Chevalier-Skolnikoff

Introduction

Darwin's Findings

The Current State of Knowledge on Facial Expressions in Nonhuman Primates

The Nervous System: Its Evolution and Its Role in the Production of Facial Expression

The Muscular Anatomy: The Evolution of Facial Muscles and Facial Expressions

Conclusions

References

3. Facial Expressions of Infants and Children

William R. Charlesworth and Mary Anne Kreutzer

Introduction

Darwin's Contributions to Our Understanding of Infant and Children Expressions

Darwin's Observations of Infants

Darwin's Observations of Children

Darwin's Conclusions

Post-Darwinian Studies of Infants' Facial Expressions

The Infant's Recognition of Expressions

Concluding Remarks on Infant Expressions

Post-Darwinian Studies of Children's Facial Expressions

Remarks on Methodology and Substantive Gaps in Studying Children's Expressions

The Child's Recognition of Expressions

General Remarks on Recognition of Expression

Absence and Presence of Opportunities to Learn Facial Expressions

General Remarks on Absence and Presence of Opportunity

Conclusions

References

4. Cross-Cultural Studies of Facial Expression

Paul Ekman

Introduction

Darwin's View and His Evidence on Universality

Theorists of the Culture-Specific View

How to Study Facial Expression across Cultures

The Evidence

Attempts to Prove the Culture-Specific Hypothesis

Attempts to Demonstrate Universality

Conclusion

References

5. Darwin and the Representative Expression of Reality

Lewis Petrinovich

Natural Philosophy Prior to Darwin

Darwin's Writings

Darwin's Major Contributions

The Essential Breakthrough in "The Origin of Species"

Probabilistic Functionalism

Representative Design

Ethology

"The Expression of the Emotions"

References

6. Conclusion

Paul Ekman

Epilogue

Paul Ekman

Author Index

Subject Index

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