In Your Face
The New Science of Human Attraction
(Sprache: Englisch)
What makes a face attractive? Why are we attracted to certain faces and not others? In this highly readable account from the frontiers of psychology, the author explains how the human face evolved and how our perceptions of the face affect our judgments of...
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What makes a face attractive? Why are we attracted to certain faces and not others? In this highly readable account from the frontiers of psychology, the author explains how the human face evolved and how our perceptions of the face affect our judgments of others' personality, health, trustworthiness, and suitability as a friend or lover.
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In our daily lives, in our memories and fantasies, our mental worlds overflow with faces. But what do we really know about this most remarkable feature of the human body? Why do we have faces at all, and brains that are good at reading them? What do our looks say - and not say - about our personalities?And perhaps the most compelling question of all: Why are we attracted to some faces more than others? 'In Your Face' is an engaging and authoritative tour of the science of facial beauty and face perception.
David Perrett, the pre-eminent scholar in the field, reveals and interprets the most remarkable findings and in the process demolishes many popular myths, setting the record straight on what neuroscience and evolutionary psychology are teaching us about beauty. The record is more surprising and often more unsettling than you might think.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „In Your Face “
Introduction.- Fish face: A brief tour of the face and its origins.- Seeing faces: How we recognize faces and why we like them.- A baby's bias: How we are attracted to faces from birth.- Beauty in balance: The proportions that really are universally attractive.- His and hers: How sex hormones influence our looks and our attraction to others.- The point of beauty: Why facial attractiveness matters in the long run.- Fit face: How our health is reflected in our faces.- Wither the face: On the cuteness of babies and the effects of time.- Faces with attitude: How the personality we seek in a partner guides our face tastes.- All in the family: How parents and peers shape our attraction to faces.- Love potions: Transforming attraction to love.- Epilogue.Autoren-Porträt von David Perrett
DAVID PERRETT is Professor of Psychology at the University of St Andrews, UK and currently holds a British Academy Wolfson Research Professorship to work on the perception of health in faces. He received the 'Golden Brain' award for his discoveries about the way the brain processes faces and pioneered the use of computer graphics to study the perception of facial attributes such as beauty, health and personality. He is the editor of Processing the Facial Image and Brain Mechanisms for Perception and Memory: From Neuron to Behaviour.Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: David Perrett
- 2010, 2010, 272 Seiten, Maße: 16 x 24,1 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Macmillan Education
- ISBN-10: 0230201296
- ISBN-13: 9780230201293
- Erscheinungsdatum: 14.12.2010
Sprache:
Englisch
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'Let's face it. David Perrett has written a truly compelling book. Chock full of science, but reader-friendly and entertaining. Now I have a new perspective on my own crooked smile and have learned many other fascinating things related to faces. Highly recommended.' Professor Joseph LeDoux, author of The Emotional Brain and Synaptic Self. 'An engaging revelation of the biology and psychology behind facial beauty, but be warned: In Your Face may reveal some surprising truths about why we are attracted to others.' Bruce Hood, author of SuperSense and Professor of Experimental Psychology at the University of Bristol.'[An] exuberant account from the frontiers of science.' - Human Givens
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