The Science of Facial Expression
Published on 1. June 2017
Book
Hardback
552 pages
978-0-19-061350-1 (ISBN)
Description
The importance of facial expressions has led to a steadily growing body of empirical findings and theoretical analyses. Every decade has seen work that extends or challenges previous thinking on facial expression. The Science of Facial Expression provides an updated review of the current psychology of facial expression . This book summarizes current conclusions and conceptual frameworks from leading figures who have shaped the field in their various subfields, and will therefore be of interest to practitioners, students, and researchers of emotion in cognitive psychology, neuroscience, biology, anthropology, linguistics, affective computing, and homeland security.
Organized in eleven thematic sections, The Science of Facial Expression offers a broad perspective of the "geography" of the science of facial expression. It reviews the scientific history of emotion perception and the evolutionary origins and functions of facial expression. It includes an updated compilation on the great debate around Basic Emotion Theory versus Behavioral Ecology and Psychological constructionism. The developmental psychology and social psychology of facial expressions is explored in the role of facial expressions in child development, social interactions, and culture. The book also covers appraisal theory, concepts, neural and behavioral processes, and lesser-known facial behaviors such as yawing, vocal crying, and vomiting. In addition, the book reflects that research on the "expression of emotion" is moving towards a significance of context in the production and interpretation of facial expression The authors expose various fundamental questions and controversies yet to be resolved, but in doing so, open many sources of inspiration to pursue in the scientific study of facial expression.
Organized in eleven thematic sections, The Science of Facial Expression offers a broad perspective of the "geography" of the science of facial expression. It reviews the scientific history of emotion perception and the evolutionary origins and functions of facial expression. It includes an updated compilation on the great debate around Basic Emotion Theory versus Behavioral Ecology and Psychological constructionism. The developmental psychology and social psychology of facial expressions is explored in the role of facial expressions in child development, social interactions, and culture. The book also covers appraisal theory, concepts, neural and behavioral processes, and lesser-known facial behaviors such as yawing, vocal crying, and vomiting. In addition, the book reflects that research on the "expression of emotion" is moving towards a significance of context in the production and interpretation of facial expression The authors expose various fundamental questions and controversies yet to be resolved, but in doing so, open many sources of inspiration to pursue in the scientific study of facial expression.
Reviews / Votes
"Let's face it. This is a remarkable collection of essays that will define the Science of Facial Expression for years to come.> * Joseph LeDoux, author of Anxious: Using the Brain to Understand and Treat Fear and Anxiety* "This volume is a rarity. It is one of the few volumes that deserves a place in the library of every student or scholar of emotion. . . . This volume deals with both sides of a crucial issue in the field, and does so thoroughly, with impressive breadth, and concise position statements. It is a treat to read.> * Joseph J. Campos, PhD, University of California, Berkeley, Co-Founder, International Society for Research on Emotions
* "The Science of Facial Expression is a valiant attempt to bring the players, the different theoretical points of view, and their empirical evidence to the table to provide the reader with a detailed and sophisticated discussion of the current state-of-the-art. In this sense, this volume is essential for anyone who is interested in facial activity and affective processes whether for theoretical reasons, or for specific applications. A milestone.> * Arvid Kappas, PhD, Dean and Professor of Psychology, Jacobs University Bremen
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
56
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 34 mm
Weight
989 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-061350-1 (9780190613501)
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José-Miguel Fernández-Dols | James A. Russell
The Science of Facial Expression
E-Book
04/2017
1st Edition
OUP eBook
€109.99
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José-Miguel Fernández-Dols | James A. Russell
The Science of Facial Expression
E-Book
04/2017
1st Edition
OUP eBook
€109.99
Available for download
Persons
Jose-Miguel Fernandez-Dols is Professor of Psychology at the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid. His current research, developed in the framework of the Affective Sciences Lab, focuses on spontaneous expressions of emotion, as well as and everyday conceptions of emotion in culture and its interaction with social norms and motives.
James A. Russell is Professor of Psychology at Boston College. His current research integrates various strands of human emotion research into a broad framework called the psychological construction of emotion.
They have edited two books together: The Psychology of Facial Expression (1997) and Everyday Conceptions of Emotion (1995).
James A. Russell is Professor of Psychology at Boston College. His current research integrates various strands of human emotion research into a broad framework called the psychological construction of emotion.
They have edited two books together: The Psychology of Facial Expression (1997) and Everyday Conceptions of Emotion (1995).
Content
Contributors
Part I: Introduction
Chapter 1: Introduction
Jose-Miguel Fernandez-Dols and James A. Russell
Chapter 2: Facing the Past: A history of the face in psychological research on emotion perception
Maria Gendron and Lisa Feldman-Barrett
Part II: The Great Debate: The Facial Expression Program
Chapter 3: Facial Expressions
Paul Ekman
Chapter 4: Understanding Multimodal Emotional Expressions: Recent Advances in Basic Emotion Theory
Dacher Keltner and Daniel T. Cordaro
Chapter 5: The Behavioral Ecology View of Facial Displays, 25 Years Later
Alan J. Fridlund
Chapter 6: Toward a Broader Perspective on Facial Expressions: Moving on from Basic Emotion Theory
James A. Russell
Chapter 7: Coherence between Emotions and Facial Expressions: A Research Synthesis
Juan I. Duran, Rainer Reisenzein, and Jose-Miguel Fernandez-Dols
Part III: Evolution
Chapter 8: Evolution of facial musculature
Rui Diogo and Sharlene E. Santana
Chapter 9: The faces monkeys make
Eliza Bliss-Moreau and Gilda Moadab
Chapter 10: Form and function in facial expressive behavior
Daniel H. Lee and Adam K. Anderson
Part IV: Unexplored Signals
Chapter 11: Beyond the Smile: Non-Traditional Facial, Emotional, and Social Behaviors
Robert R. Provine
Chapter 12: The communicative and social functions of human crying
Asmir Gracanin, Lauren M. Bylsma, and Ad J. J. M. Vingerhoets
Part V: Neural Processes
Chapter 13: Neural and Behavioral Responses to Ambiguous Facial Expressions of Emotion
Paul J. Whalen, Maital Neta, M. Justin Kim, Alison M. Mattek, F.C. Davis, James M. Taylor and Samantha Chavez
Chapter 14: Using Facial Expressions to Probe Brain Circuitry Associated with Anxiety and Depression
Johnna R. Swartz, Lisa M. Shin, Brenda Lee, and Ahmad R. Hariri
Part VI: Individual Development
Chapter 15: Spontaneously produced facial expressions in infants and children
Linda A. Camras, Vanessa L. Castro, Amy G. Halberstadt, and Michael M. Shuster
Chapter 16: The Development of Emotion Recognition: The Broad-to-differentiated Hypothesis
Sherri C. Widen
Part VII: Social Perception
Chapter 17: A Social Vision Account of Facial Expression Perception
Reginald B. Adams, Jr., Daniel N. Albohn, and Kestutis Kveraga
Chapter 18: Inherently Ambiguous: An argument for contextualized emotion perception
Hillel Aviezer and Ran Hassin
Part VIII: Appraisal
Chapter 19: Facial expression is driven by appraisal and generates appraisal inference
Klaus Scherer, Marcello Mortillaro, and Marc Mehu
Chapter 20: The social signal value of emotions: The role of contextual factors in social inferences drawn from emotion displays
Ursula Hess and Shlomo Hareli
Part IX: Concepts
Chapter 21: Embodied Simulation in Decoding Facial Expression
Paula M. Niedenthal, Adrienne Wood, Magdalena Rychlowska, and Sebastian Korb
Chapter 22: Language and emotion: Hypotheses on the constructed nature of emotion perception
Cameron M. Doyle and Kristen A. Lindquist
Chapter X: Social Interaction
Chapter 23: Interpersonal Effects and Functions of Facial Activity
Brian Parkinson
Chapter 24: Natural Facial Expression: A View from Psychological Constructionism and Pragmatics
Jose-Miguel Fernandez-Dols
Part XI: Culture
Chapter 25: Emotional dialects in the language of emotion
Hillary Anger Elfenbein
Chapter 26: Facial Expressions and Emotions in Indigenous Societies
Carlos Crivelli and Maria Gendron
Index
Part I: Introduction
Chapter 1: Introduction
Jose-Miguel Fernandez-Dols and James A. Russell
Chapter 2: Facing the Past: A history of the face in psychological research on emotion perception
Maria Gendron and Lisa Feldman-Barrett
Part II: The Great Debate: The Facial Expression Program
Chapter 3: Facial Expressions
Paul Ekman
Chapter 4: Understanding Multimodal Emotional Expressions: Recent Advances in Basic Emotion Theory
Dacher Keltner and Daniel T. Cordaro
Chapter 5: The Behavioral Ecology View of Facial Displays, 25 Years Later
Alan J. Fridlund
Chapter 6: Toward a Broader Perspective on Facial Expressions: Moving on from Basic Emotion Theory
James A. Russell
Chapter 7: Coherence between Emotions and Facial Expressions: A Research Synthesis
Juan I. Duran, Rainer Reisenzein, and Jose-Miguel Fernandez-Dols
Part III: Evolution
Chapter 8: Evolution of facial musculature
Rui Diogo and Sharlene E. Santana
Chapter 9: The faces monkeys make
Eliza Bliss-Moreau and Gilda Moadab
Chapter 10: Form and function in facial expressive behavior
Daniel H. Lee and Adam K. Anderson
Part IV: Unexplored Signals
Chapter 11: Beyond the Smile: Non-Traditional Facial, Emotional, and Social Behaviors
Robert R. Provine
Chapter 12: The communicative and social functions of human crying
Asmir Gracanin, Lauren M. Bylsma, and Ad J. J. M. Vingerhoets
Part V: Neural Processes
Chapter 13: Neural and Behavioral Responses to Ambiguous Facial Expressions of Emotion
Paul J. Whalen, Maital Neta, M. Justin Kim, Alison M. Mattek, F.C. Davis, James M. Taylor and Samantha Chavez
Chapter 14: Using Facial Expressions to Probe Brain Circuitry Associated with Anxiety and Depression
Johnna R. Swartz, Lisa M. Shin, Brenda Lee, and Ahmad R. Hariri
Part VI: Individual Development
Chapter 15: Spontaneously produced facial expressions in infants and children
Linda A. Camras, Vanessa L. Castro, Amy G. Halberstadt, and Michael M. Shuster
Chapter 16: The Development of Emotion Recognition: The Broad-to-differentiated Hypothesis
Sherri C. Widen
Part VII: Social Perception
Chapter 17: A Social Vision Account of Facial Expression Perception
Reginald B. Adams, Jr., Daniel N. Albohn, and Kestutis Kveraga
Chapter 18: Inherently Ambiguous: An argument for contextualized emotion perception
Hillel Aviezer and Ran Hassin
Part VIII: Appraisal
Chapter 19: Facial expression is driven by appraisal and generates appraisal inference
Klaus Scherer, Marcello Mortillaro, and Marc Mehu
Chapter 20: The social signal value of emotions: The role of contextual factors in social inferences drawn from emotion displays
Ursula Hess and Shlomo Hareli
Part IX: Concepts
Chapter 21: Embodied Simulation in Decoding Facial Expression
Paula M. Niedenthal, Adrienne Wood, Magdalena Rychlowska, and Sebastian Korb
Chapter 22: Language and emotion: Hypotheses on the constructed nature of emotion perception
Cameron M. Doyle and Kristen A. Lindquist
Chapter X: Social Interaction
Chapter 23: Interpersonal Effects and Functions of Facial Activity
Brian Parkinson
Chapter 24: Natural Facial Expression: A View from Psychological Constructionism and Pragmatics
Jose-Miguel Fernandez-Dols
Part XI: Culture
Chapter 25: Emotional dialects in the language of emotion
Hillary Anger Elfenbein
Chapter 26: Facial Expressions and Emotions in Indigenous Societies
Carlos Crivelli and Maria Gendron
Index