The Mechanism of Human Facial Expression

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Cambridge University Press, 27/07/1990 - 288 páginas
In Mecanisme 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. Duchenne's book, which contained over 100 original photographic prints pasted into an accompanying Album, was rare, even when it first appeared in 1862. Duchenne was a superb clinical neurologist and in this study he applied his enormous experience in neurological research to the question of the mechanism of human facial expression. Duchenne has been little cited and little known in this century; his book has been virtually unobtainable, and copies are available in only a few libraries in the United States and Europe.

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A Introduction
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The background to my electrophysiological research
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II
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The purpose of my research
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III
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B Scientific section
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The muscle of attention m frontalis
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The muscle of aggression m procerus
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Synoptic table on the plates of the Album
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The highly original Dr Duchenne 225 22
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The Duchenne de Boulogne Collection in
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Facial expression and facial
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Duchenne and facial expression of emotion
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The muscle of lasciviousness transverse
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The muscles of weeping and whimpering
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The muscles complementary to surprise
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Captions to Plates 16 17 18
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Aesthetic section
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