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In the Eye of the Beholder : The Science of Face Perception by Vicki Bruce and Andrew Young (1998, Hardcover)

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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100198524404

ISBN-139780198524403

eBay Product ID (ePID)770136

Product Key Features

Book TitleIn the Eye of the Beholder : the Science of Face Perception

Number of Pages290 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1998

TopicGeneral, Cognitive Psychology & Cognition

IllustratorYes

GenrePsychology

AuthorVicki Bruce, Andrew Young

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight37.4 Oz

Item Length9.8 in

Item Width7.7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN99-165890

Dewey Edition21

Reviews'they bring together science and art to explain the importance of the face, how we extract the information it contains and reveal what it all means'Nature

Dewey Decimal153.7/5

Table Of Content1. Introduction: The face - organ of communication2. Light, Colour, and shape: The science of vision3. Physical differences between faces: Age, sex, and race4. The mating game: attractiveness and the sociobiology5. Whose face is it? How individual faces are recognised6. Messages from the face: Lipreading, gaze, and expression7. In the brain of the beholder: The neuroscience of face perception

SynopsisThis book, written to accompany an exhibition of the same title at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, in Spring 1998, will provide a non-technical introduction to the science of the human face and the psychology of face perception. The human face has many important biological roles, Eyes, ears, and mouth are the source of most of our sensory inputs, We intake air, food, and liquid through our nose and mouth; our eyes and ears are spaced to perceive distance; our jaws are built for chewing and swallowing. Socially, faces more than any other part of the body, provide us with crucial information. A universally important locus of communication, we use our faces for speech, and to express emotions, the most widely investigated social signals. Easier to remember than names, faces are important cues for recognising others; we are adept at distinguising old from young, male from female, or one ethnic group from another on the basis of facial features. We use faces in identikit parades, readily identify faces from grotesque caricatures, detect family resemblances, and judege attractiveness on the basis of facial features. In fact, neurobiologists have shown that there are special areas of the brain dedicated to processing faces and that we are born imprinted with an innate understanding of facial patterns. Vicki Bruce and Andy Young explore all of these diverse aspects of the human face in their fascinating book. Each topic is illustrated using reproductions of portraits from the gallery's extensive collections, as well as state-of-the art computer-manipulated graphics. An attractive and accessible book, this will be of interest to anyone who has ever wondered why and how faces are special, to humans generally, and to the human brain in particular., This book, written to accompany an exhibition at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, in Spring 1998, provides a non-technical introduction to the science of the human face and the psychology of face perception. The lively investigation covers everything from essential biological functions to the complexities of communication and neurological processes involved in face recognition. Each topic is illustrated with portraits from the gallery's extensive collections and state-of-the art computer graphics., Babies are born with an instant fascination with the human face, and this powerful natural attraction persists throughout our lives. In the Eye of the Beholder takes readers on an engaging tour of the science behind this all-too-human activity, revealing what happens inside our heads when we look at faces. What can neuroscience tell us about how the brain perceives faces? How do facial proportions change as we age? Can one judge personality simply by looking at a face? Why are some faces more attractive to us? Psychologists Vicki Bruce and Andy Young provide thought-provoking answers to these questions, using state-of-the-art science, amazing computer-manipulated graphics, and colorful paintings from the Scottish National Portrait Gallery. This lavishly illustrated volume--featuring over 200 pictures, including fifty in full color--takes us behind the scenes of something we do a hundred times a day, revealing how we look at, and judge, human faces.

LC Classification NumberBF242.B75 1998