mouth Protrusion of the lips Gestures accompanying surprise Admiration
Fear Terror Erection of the hair Contraction of the platysma
muscle Dilatation of the pupils horror Conclusion.
CHAP. XIII. SELF-ATTENTION SHAME SHYNESS MODESTY: BLUSHING.
Nature of a blush Inheritance The parts of the body most
affected Blushing in the various races of man Accompanying
gestures Confusion of mind Causes of blushing Self-attention, the
fundamental element Shyness Shame, from broken moral laws and
conventional rules Modesty Theory of blushing Recapitulation
CHAP. XIV. CONCLUDING REMARKS AND SUMMARY.
The three leading principles which have determined the chief movements
of expression Their inheritance On the part which the will and
intention have played in the acquirement of various expressions The
instinctive recognition of expression The bearing of our subject on the
specific unity of the races of man On the successive acquirement of
various expressions by the progenitors of man The importance of
expression Conclusion
ON THE EXPRESSION OF THE EMOTIONS IN MAN AND ANIMALS.
INTRODUCTION.
Many works have been written on Expression, but a greater number on
Physiognomy, that is, on the recognition of character through the study
of the permanent form of the features. With this latter subject I am
not here concerned. The older treatises,[1] which I have consulted,
have been of little or no service to me. The famous Conferences [2] of
the painter Le Brun, published in 1667, is the best known ancient work,
and contains some good remarks. Another somewhat old essay, namely, the
Discours, delivered 1774-1782, by the well-known Dutch anatomist
Camper,[3] can hardly be considered as having made any marked advance
in the subject. The following works, on the contrary, deserve the
fullest consideration.
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