Psychological monographs: general and applied . Plate I CRITICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES 31 on the facial expression of emotion. The studies of Langfeld atthe Harvard laboratories and some previous investigations ofFeleky have brought once more to our attention what can be donewith the human face. I The collections2 of facial expressions so far published andavailable for general use are made up of line drawings of aheavily bearded face that was obviously touched up by someartist. Outside of the Columbia studies later to be mentioned,little or nothing had been done with the female face. We wer


Psychological monographs: general and applied . Plate I CRITICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES 31 on the facial expression of emotion. The studies of Langfeld atthe Harvard laboratories and some previous investigations ofFeleky have brought once more to our attention what can be donewith the human face. I The collections2 of facial expressions so far published andavailable for general use are made up of line drawings of aheavily bearded face that was obviously touched up by someartist. Outside of the Columbia studies later to be mentioned,little or nothing had been done with the female face. We werecurious, for example, to see what range of expression we couldobtain without such accentuating accessories as a moustache andbeard. We therefore arranged for a series of sittings with oneof the talented women students in the University who had hadconsiderable training in dramatic performances. The plan con-sisted in drawing up a list of expressions that we desired tophotograph and in selecting for each day three or four of thesefor practice.


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