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THE SCIENCE OF EXPRESSION: Physiognomy, evolution, and artificial companions

Tuesday 23rd March, 2010

6-8pm, Arts 2

One of a series of events as part of the AHRC-funded ‘Embodied Emotions’ project.

See also: 
Embodied Emotions AHRC webpage.
Embodied Emotions leaflet [PDF]

Speakers
Colin Jones – on physiognomy in the 17th and 18th centuries – LeBrun and Lavater
Thomas Dixon – on Darwin, the idea of expression, and ‘basic emotions’
Ginevra Castellano – on non-verbal behaviour and human-robot encounters
With performance by Clare Whistler