Understanding Facial Expressions in Communication: Cross-cultural and Multidisciplinary Perspectives

Mandal, Manas K.; Awasthi, Avinash

This important volume provides a holistic understanding of the cultural, psychological, neurological and biological elements involved in human facial expressions and of computational models in the analyses of expressions. It includes methodological and technical discussions by leading scholars across the world on the subject. Automated and manual analysis of facial expressions, involving cultural, gender, age and other variables, is a growing and important area of research with important implications for cross-cultural interaction and communication of emotion, including security and clinical studies. This volume also provides a broad framework for the understanding of facial expressions of emotion with inputs drawn from the behavioural sciences, computational sciences and neurosciences.

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Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2016-09-11

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9788132229216

DOI: 10.1007/978-81-322-1934-7

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 286