It was mentioned in the Economist: http://www.economist.com/news/science-a ... rrying-sex
It reminded me of some posts here about facial qualities and autism, including:
http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt234542.html
http://www.wrongplanet.net/postxf111992-0-45.html
The latter linked to this article: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 105914.htm
...in which you will find:
"Children with autism have a broader upper face, including wider eyes.
Children with autism have a shorter middle region of the face, including the cheeks and nose.
Children with autism have a broader or wider mouth and philtrum -- the divot below the nose, above the top lip."
Could some of that just be chronic fear or pain?
Squinting eyes, pursed lips, raised cheeks, and tight back muscles (which pull on the sides and top of the scalp) are all normal under stress.
The description of the murine scale, from the Economist article: "This measures ear and whisker position, eye-squeezing and the bulging of noses and cheeks to gauge an animal?s level of distress."
An article on it: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 144655.htm
And a manual describing how to use it: https://research.unc.edu/files/2012/11/CCM3_022603.pdf
Some of the ideas behind it are also in Darwin's 'Expression of the Emotion in Man and Animals.' (http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1227)
08 Jun 2014, 4:24 pm
