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Everything about Pathognomy
Study of expressed emotions
Pathognomy is "a 'semiotik' of the transient features of someone's face or body, be it voluntary or involuntary". Examples of this can be laughter and winking to the involuntary such as sneezing or coughing. By studying the features or expressions, there is then an attempt to infer the mental state and emotion felt by the individual. Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: PathognomyA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: CharacterologyThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Fifteen cases on eleven families of Rotor's disease special reference of pathognomyCited 1 times
- Go sideways: Emotion perceptionA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Emotional responsivityA closely related topic
đź“– Definitions
Noun The facial expressions showing emotions.
Noun The science of such expressions.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
đź“š Books worth reading
CharacterologyL. Hamilton McCormick · 1920- 📕Visualizing the Invisible with the Human BodyJ. Cale Johnson, Alessandro Stavru · 2019
- 📕A comparative study by means of the Rorschach method of personality development in twenty pairs of identical twins..Evelyn Troup · 1938
- 📕Facies dolorosaHans Killian · 1967
- 📕Visages et contacts humainsdoctuer Ermiane · 1969
- 📕Ḳeriʾat panim ṿe-khaf ha-yad ʻal pi ha-torah ha-SinitJoanne O'Brien, Man-Ho Kwok · 1998
Histoire du visageJean-Jacques Courtine · 1988- 📕Facies dolorosa; das schmerzensreiche AntlitzHans Killian · 1934
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