Title: Blushing and the social emotions
First published: 2006
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.
Subjects: Blushing, Emotions, Physiological aspects, Physiological aspects of Emotions, Self-consciousness, Social aspects, Social aspects of Emotions, Consciousness, Self-consciousness (Sensitivity), Ego, Physiology, Self-consciousness (Awareness), PSYCHOLOGY, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS, Death, Grief, Bereavement, Social, group or collective psychology, Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology, The self, ego, identity, personality
LC classification: QP401 .C76 2006