Being able to identify trustworthy strangers is a critical social skill. However, whether such
impressions are accurate is debatable. Critically, the field currently lacks a quantitative …

… Unlike the science, or art, of physiognomy and unlike most of the relevant research in
modern psychology, the present research does not try to examine the veracity of physiognomic …

… We then visit the ancient topic of physiognomy—he art of … In the following section, we analyze
the validity of face … research at the helm of taking physiognomy to places never previously …

… The whole work appears at first glance to be bathed in a sea of visual meta phors: the
physiognomist is asked to look at his subjects, to gaze, contemplate, scrutinize, snatch a glance, …

… physiognomy as related to modern culture. But, otherwise, gifted physiognomists seem to be
now as exceptional as the use of the word physiognomy; … able books on physiognomy, and …

… While historically known as physiognomy, modern research emphasizes scientific methods
… analyze the effectiveness of physiognomy in criminal investigations. Although physiognomy …

… Physiognomy treatises—my focus in this chapter—overlap with … Gauricus wrote in 1504,
“Physiognomy is a way of observing … subsequent authors of physiognomy treatises sometimes …

… But if Duchenne represents a modern scientist devoted to empirical observation through the
use of modern technology rather than a traditional physiognomist tracing mystical signatures …

The chapter examines Johann Caspar Lavater’s studies of physiognomy. Lavater attempted
to systematize principles on which we could detect human character traits and dispositions …

… with physiognomy persists in modern cultures. Indeed, an Amazon.com search for books
on physiognomy … How can we explain the persistent links drawn between physiognomy and …