Facial Expressions: Recognition Technologies and Analysis

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Flávia de Lima Osório (Editor)
Department of Neuroscience and Behavioural Sciences, Medical School of Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo University, São Paulo, Brazil

Mariana Fortunata Donadon (Editor)
Department of Neuroscience and Behavioural Sciences, Medical School of Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo University, São Paulo, Brazil

Series: Neuroscience Research Progress
BISAC: MED057000

This book brings together contributions from different researchers on the theme of facial expressions, with an emphasis on emotional expressions, which may be of interest to professionals in neuroscience, technology and psychopathology. The reader will find theoretical reviews and experimental studies, with different focuses, among them: instruments of measures for use with adults, adolescents and children; training programs to develop emotional competence in children with emotional and behavioral problems, neural and psychophysical aspects associated with the recognition of facial expressions of emotion; emotional contagions, and studies on positive first impressions. Clinical researchers who wish to learn more about and / or update themselves on the subject will benefit from this text.
(Imprint: Nova)

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1. Emotion: Definition, Approaches, Measurement, Expression and Recognition
(Vinícius F. Borges and Cristina M. Del Ben, Department of Neurosciences and Behavior, University of São Paulo, Medical School, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil)

Chapter 2. Databases of Emotional Facial Expressions in Adults: From Ekman’s Pioneering Work to the Actuality

Chapter 3. A Database Review of Children’s Facial Emotions

Chapter 4. Children and Adolescent Image Databases: Methodological Challenges and Implications for Research and Practice

Chapter 5. Recognition of Emotions in Facial Expressions: Activities for Children’s Training

Chapter 6. The Divided Mind in the Perception and Expression of Facial Emotion: Perspectives on Brain Asymmetry Research

Chapter 7. The Role of Sex in the Aftereffects to Happy and Sad Faces in Both Visual Fields: A Psychophysical Study

Chapter 8. Exploring the Assumption of Congruent Mimicry in Emotional Contagion by Leveraging Experienced Emotions as Facial Stimuli

Chapter 9. First Impression Factor Analysis through Facial Video Evaluation Experiments

Index

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