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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      November 2010
      July 1990
      ISBN:
      9780511752841
      9780521363921
      9780521032063
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511752841
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.592kg, 308 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.473kg, 308 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Social Psychology, Medicine: General Interest, Medicine, Psychology
      Series:
      Studies in Emotion and Social Interaction
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    Subjects:
    Social Psychology, Medicine: General Interest, Medicine, Psychology
    Series:
    Studies in Emotion and Social Interaction
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    In Mécanisme de la physionomie humaine, the great nineteenth-century French neurologist Duchenne de Boulogne combined his intimate knowledge of facial anatomy with his skill in photography and expertise in using electricity to stimulate individual facial muscles to produce a fascinating interpretation of the ways in which the human face portrays emotions. This book was pivotal in the development of psychology and physiology as it marked the first time that photography had been used to illustrate, and therefore 'prove', a series of experiments. In this volume, Andrew Cuthbertson has provided an English translation of Duchenne, complete with a reproduction of the marvellous Album of photographs. The four commentary chapters by modern experts describe the relevance of Duchenne's findings to the fields of experimental psychology, plastic surgery, neurology and physiology. This book will therefore be valued by all those who deal with facial expression, including psychologists, physicians and those involved in the fine arts and photography.

    Reviews

    "...elegant and highly detailed work on the anatomy of facial expression..." Dr. Carroll E. Izard, Unidel Professor

    "This book is a must for students of human facial expression." Leonard R. Rubin, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

    "I would recommend this book most highly for its illustrations, especially to those interested in the interface of science and art, early photography, or the use of images in medicine." Maria Trumpler, Isis

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