About face.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cole, Jonathan, 1951- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Face perception.

Face--Movement disorders.

Face.

Facial expression.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 pages) : illustrations

Other Title:

MIT Press CogNet.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [1998]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

What is special about the face, and what happens when neurological conditions make expression or comprehension of the face unavailable? Through a mix of science, autobiography, case studies, and speculation, Jonathan Cole shows the importance not only of facial expressions for communication among individuals but also of facial embodiment for our sense of self. He presents, in his words, "a natural history of the face and an unnatural history of those who live without it."

The heart of the book lies in the experiences of people with facial losses of various kinds. The case studies are of blind, autistic, and neurologically impaired persons; the most extreme case involves Mobius syndrome, in which individuals are born with a total inability to move their facial muscles and hence to make facial expressions. Cole suggests that it is only by studying such personal narratives of loss that we can understand facial function and something of what all our faces reflect.

Notes:

"A Bradford book."

Originally published: 1997.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Cole, Jonathan, 1951- About face.

ISBN:

9780262270618

0262270617

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.