Blushing and the social emotions
Subtitle: the self unmasked
By: W. Ray Crozier.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillian; Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
Subjects: Blushing; Emotions -- Physiological aspects; Emotions -- Social aspects; Self-consciousness
Description: "The author provides here a scholarly, yet accessible, account of research into blushing, relating it to embarrassment, shame and shyness, and proposing an explanation in terms of self-consciousness and exposure of the self. He reviews what is known about the physiology of the blush, considers evidence for its universality, and evaluates explanations in terms of a nonverbal signal of apology and a reaction to unwanted social attention. He goes on to critically assess interventions and treatments for the fear of blushing."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.