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Face perception / Vicki Bruce and Andy Young.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bruce, Vicki, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Face perception.
- Facial expression.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (489 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Psychology Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Human faces are unique biological structures that convey a complex variety of important social messages. Even strangers can tell things from our faces - our feelings, our locus of attention, something of what we are saying, our age, sex and ethnic group, whether they find us attractive. In recent years there has been genuine progress in understanding how our brains derive all these different messages from faces and what can happen when one or other of the structures involved is damaged.Face Perception provides an up-to-date, integrative summary by two authors who have helped
- Contents:
- The face : organ of communication
- The science and methods of face perception research
- Social categories
- Messages from facial movements
- Gaze and attention
- Recognising faces
- Beyond the face : person perception
- Nature and nurture.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-203-72125-X
- 1-283-96517-8
- 1-135-84572-7
- 9781003279426
- OCLC:
- 829461735
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