Word: facials
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...premotor mirror region in monkeys. Broca's area, it turns out, is important for sign language as well as spoken language, and its connection to the mirror system has led Rizzolatti and U.S.C. neuroscientist Michael Arbib to propose that language traces its roots to hand gestures and facial expressions that, over time, became increasingly complex...
...vary widely, for example, in their capacity to resonate with the emotional state of others--something that can be measured by psychological tests. In a sequel to their rancid-butter experiment, Keysers' team found that subjects with higher empathy scores on such tests also exhibited stronger mirror reactions to facial expressions of both disgust and pleasure...
...even more provocative result comes from a study undertaken in 2005 by UCLA developmental psychologist Mirella Dapretto and her colleagues. They found that autistic children, compared with other children, showed depressed activity in their premotor cortex while imitating or observing facial expressions--and the more severe the autism, the more depressed the activity was. The results did not surprise Dapretto. A central problem in autism, after all, is an impaired ability to understand the feelings of others, and it seems plausible, if far from proven, that a deficiency in the mirror-neuron system could be involved...
...created a delightfully quirky and humorous world of the “cultured, leisured Europe before the War.” The most impressive part of the production was the actors’ ability to captivate and generate excitement simply by using voice inflection and facial expressions to milk the most out of Shaw’s script...
...says Zalisk. Co-producer and stage manager Veronica T. Golin ’07 adds that the set, which consists of a reproduction of a car’s front half, emphasizes the play’s focus on human relationships. The sparseness of the set augments reality: every facial twitch is front and center and every finger movement a possible revelation. Production staff have also significantly reduced theater space in the Ex so the audience will be closer to the action physically as well as emotionally. “The majority of the experience is about watching the actors...