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.
- 333 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- CONTENTS
- List of figures and plates
- Acknowledgements
- Figure credits
- Introduction
- 1 Fish face: A brief tour of the face and its origins
- 2 Seeing faces: How we recognize faces and why we like them
- 3 A baby's bias: Born to be fascinated by faces
- 4 Beauty in balance: The proportions that really are universally attractive
- 5 His and hers: How sex hormones influence our looks and our attraction to others
- 6 The point of beauty: The face you get and the face you leave
- 7 Fit face: How our health is reflected in our faces
- 8 Wither the face: On the cuteness of babies and the effects of time
- 9 Faces with attitude: How the personality we seek in a partner guides our face tastes
- 10 All in the family: How parents and peers shape our attraction to faces
- 11 Love potions: Transforming attraction to love
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Index
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