Table of Contents

Part I. Introduction: 1. What does a facial expression mean? James A. Russell and José-Miguel Fernández-Dols; 2. Methods for the study of facial behavior Hugh Wagner; Part II. Three Broad Theoretical Frameworks: 3. Emotions and facial expressions: a perspective from differential emotions theory Carroll E. Izard; 4. Facial expressons as modes of action readiness Nico H. Frijda and Anna Tcherkassof; 5. The new ethology of human facial expressions Alan J. Fridlund; Part III. With a Biological and Developmental Focus: 6. Animal sounds and human faces: do they have anything in common? Peter Marler and Cristopher Evans; 7. Yawns, laughs, smiles, tickles and talking: naturalistic and laboratory studies of facial action and social communication Robert R. Provine; 8. A neurobehavioral approach to the recognition of facial expressions in infancy Charles A. Nelson and Michelle de Haan; 9. A dynamic systems approach to infant facial action Daniel S. Messinger, Alan Fogel and K. Laurie Dickson; Part IV. With a Psychological and Social Focus: 10. A componential approach to the meaning of facial expressions Craig A. Smith and Heather S. Scott; 11. Spontaneous facial behavior during intense emotional episodes: artistic truth and optical truth José-Miguel Fernández-Dols and Maria-Angeles Ruiz-Belda; 12. Is the meaning perceived in facial expression independent of its context José-Miguel Fernández-Dols and James M. Carroll; 13 Reading emotions from and into faces: resurrecting a dimensional-contextual approach James A. Russell; 14. Facing others: a social communicative perspective on facial displays Nicole Chovil; 15. Faces in dialogue Janet Beavin and Nicole Chovil; Part V. Integrative Summary: 16. Faces: an epilogue and reconceptualization G. P. Ginsburg.

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It reviews current research and provides guidelines for future exploration of facial expression.

Reviews

'... opens new ways of looking at the biology and development of facial expression with a strong emphasis on the social function of expressive movements. In the process, much work is being done to loosen a strong association between expression and emotion. Such a step can only be helpful toward understanding what a realistic account of the relation between emotion and facial expression might be, and how best to analyze that most expressive of human characteristics - the face.' George Mandler, from the Foreword '... a unique and fascinating discussion ... this book is not just a summary of past research ... Rather it provides a place from which to begin future research. For my own part, after reading this book I can hardly wait to get started'. Nicholas A. Troop, Behaviour Research and Therapy