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    A Novel Test of the Duchenne Marker: Smiles After Botulinum Toxin Treatment for Crow’s Feet Wrinkles
    with Shannon Stock, Eva G. Krumhuber, and Lawrence Ian Reed
    Frontiers in Psychology 11. 2021.
    Smiles that vary in muscular configuration also vary in how they are perceived. Previous research suggests that “Duchenne smiles,” indicated by the combined actions of the orbicularis oculi and the zygomaticus major muscles, signal enjoyment. This research has compared perceptions of Duchenne smiles with non-Duchenne smiles among individuals voluntarily innervating or inhibiting the orbicularis oculi muscle. Here we used a novel set of highly controlled stimuli: photographs of patients taken bef…Read more
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    SURVIVAL OF THE PRETTIEST is the simple title for a comprehensive book on this complex and contentious subject, from the factual details of what makes a face beautiful to the deepest questions about the nature of beauty itself and its place in the human condition. Its aim is to satisfy everyone's insatiable curiosity about beauty, a subject shrouded in mystique, and to provide answers to basic questions guided by cutting edge scientific knowledge rather than myth. Is there such a thing as univer…Read more
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    Facial expression megamix: Tests of dimensional and category accounts of emotion recognition
    with Andrew W. Young, Duncan Rowland, Andrew J. Calder, Anil Seth, and David I. Perrett
    Cognition 63 (3): 271-313. 1997.
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    Categorical perception of facial expressions
    with John J. Magee
    Cognition 44 (3): 227-240. 1992.