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14A Novel Test of the Duchenne Marker: Smiles After Botulinum Toxin Treatment for Crow’s Feet WrinklesFrontiers 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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30Facial expression megamix: Tests of dimensional and category accounts of emotion recognitionCognition 63 (3): 271-313. 1997.
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25SURVIVAL 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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Harvard UniversityRegular Faculty
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Areas of Interest
Aesthetics |
Philosophy of Social Science |