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ISSUE 8
june2008
june 2008 |
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Fac t acts: ow to build a ac ad wat it is usd or 2–3Bodytalk: all about t body ad body saps 4–5Growt ad or: ow to build a ua ro scratc 6–7 A I oral? So popl ar out o t ordiary 8–9Bauty spot: wat is at by bautyad wat it as or popl 10–11Ral oics: prsoal iws o dwars,acial paralysis ad costic surgry 12–13It’s t utur: a ligt-artd look at sopossibl uturs or uakid 14–15T big pictur 16
InSTAnT meSSAGInG:Sral sigals ar bigst by tis Saoa a.
Charles Sykes/Rex Features
 Ar you lookig at ?
Frid or o? Artist or xibitioist?
w  s pp,  cis idividas,  ma dmtsabt tm,  da ccsis abt ti a, ti sx, tipsaity, ti md ad ti ittis. Ad, dibaty  t,  sd sias t ts – t xpssis, t ay  dss, t ay  mdiy  bdis.udyi tis
social couicatio
a t tic adpysiica pcsss tat t a si c – a tiisd  –it a t-dimsia adt. Tis iss  
Big Picture
s at tis maab itpay – btt
biology
tat scpts  m ad t
cultur
tat itpts,mbiss ad adapts tis m. It ass at  ma by ma,at baty is ad  sc ccpts ic t ay  iv.It s at y  ta t m  d, ad y  d s mct ca at at as iv s. Ad it csids at  mit  i i t t – tast biy  t   ps t ivt svs.
WIn FILm KIT:Prizs or bautyproduct idos
 
i our IagLab actiity.S pag 13.
 
Or ti, w bco adptat distiguisig ac typsw s rgularly ad lssgood at dciprig acso otr tic groups.
 T is a dati t tit epa cicé tatpp m t Fa east‘a  t sam t m’ –bt Cis pp ifd it st as difct t tCacasias apat. Tis ‘
prcptual arrowig
’stats ay i i – at tmts iats s discimiati bt by imts ty cis acsy  ti  tic p.S a ac-citi systmmay b bit it t bai(
ard-wird
 ), bt ais its cti as  .I adts, amiia ‘t-p’ acs ad t st‘a-cditii’ spssi t bai. wat’s m, tisappas t b a atmatd(sbcscis) sps. Tis may b a acit dcmcaism – stas aa pttia sc  da.S is ittic mistst aivitab csqc  bai’s sviva isticts?Bavi is ay cast i stad ai ca ic tsspss – xpic  it-acia dati,  xamp,d t a-cditiisps. T a as pty xamps m psycytat
priig
– at  avb xpsd t i t past –xts a bi ic  bavi, v i  a taa  it.udstadi sm  tacts tat ic bavi ca p s tvcm iat cstaits pdics,  sciaydsiab ds. Ad ty cap s appciat y, xamp, acia sttypiis s damai.
REcOgNITION aND REspONsE
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T ac accoodats our ai ssory orgas – ys, ars, os, out. Yt t ua acis ot just a scaold or ts orgas. It as co to tak o a rol o its ow, supportig socialcouicatio btw idiiduals.
 T ac is a y pat   idivida idtity. w avisattti    acs ad sc t acs  ts pits t ti md ad psaity.
Buildin  fe
PULLInG FACeS:
 
Durig ad dlopt,clls (icls) igrat toparticular parts o tgrowig ac. Wty arri, tirxact locatioad at dpdso local sigals(t parkigattdats).markr protis(cos) calt clls dowparticular routs.
makig a ac dpds o a rarkably coplxprocss o cll igratio ad dirtiatio.
Mammaia dvpmt mst b   at’s mstxtadiay pcsss. eay , t mby is tb-iit t biis  t spia cd i a itsbac – t
ural tub
. At t t d  ta tb (t
ural crst
 ), a ppati stm cs mtipy ad sam  i mbs t distict catis, miamst a  t sta, msca ada tisss  t ad. T ma ad is ts pcisyscptd by t mass
igratio
,
ultiplicatio
ad
dirtiatio
 cs.h is sc pcisi acivd?A ccia pit is t a idivida c avit a cst aady ‘s’ at it is dstid tbcm,  t its at dpds   it fayfds its. S miat s mit  ty ai t Astaia, say, bt d ty aady ty i b tacs  ty av,  i tydcid at t d  ty aiv? T as is pbaby a bit  bt: a dpatic is aady cmmittd t sm xtt bt sticivs ccia ipt m t cs it cts iits fa cati. (S Bi Pict oi  m.)
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FACe The FACTS
educatio ditor:
Stpai Fma
editor:
Ia js, Isiass Cstacy ltd
Writrs:
Ia js, Py Baiy
Illustrator:
g McBt
 Adisory board:
na Davis, Dia Dai, ricadkaaa, rbcca Mpy, Dav Ptt, Mica riss,eizabt rbts, Ia Zii-Baisa A imas, ss tis idicatd, a mwcm Imas. T wcm Tst is a caity s missi is tst ad pmt sac it t aim  impvima ad aima at (a caity istd iead, . 210183).rcti t pd impact tday’s sac iav  scity, t wcm Tst as ss t aisaass  t mdica, tica ad sciaimpicatis  sac ad pmt diabt scitists, t pbic ad picy mas.© T tst  t wcm Tst 2008. Tis is a p accss pbicati ad, it txcpti  imas ad istatis, t cttmay ss tis statd b pdcd  ca i ay mat  mdim, sbct t ti cditis: ctt mst b pdcdaccaty; ctt mst t b sd i a misadictxt; t wcm Tst mst b attibtd as tiia at ad t tit  t dcmt spcifdi t attibti.
MC-4102.2/10k/06–2008/BC
 
june 2008 |
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So popl ar lss ablto idtiy or itrprt acialxprssios.
Pp it a
autistic spctrucoditio
a ss ab t adxpssis, pat  a dfcit i
toryo id
– dstadi at tsa tii. I psyciaticdisds sc as
scizopria
,idividas may s bystads asm tati ta ty ay a.Simiay, pp it
social pobia
 td t itpt ta xpssisas ativ. T av as b sstistat pp p t
atisocialbaiour
, paticay vicaaist ts, a ss ab tidtiy  act apppiaty tativ mtis i acs. I mstpp, xps t a xpssi a  appiss i tiis  pity; sm itpsycpaty, t, may simpyt cis t ativ mtiad ti bavi i t bicd t t sam d. Tis may v b t  ypp ( sympattic bsss) s cas  c bavi.Y cid a t d atpici p sbt scia cs macs. Ty impv di scyas, it a sma dp diadscc as t bai dsma ii. T a its tatis a btt at citi (adscia sis m ay) ta bys,bt sx dics a ativy sma.Dama t t bai – d t iy cditis sc as htit’sdisas – ca as act citi. T abiity as sms t dciit a. S  as y smpatits  dy pp mitbcm m difct is bcasty a ss ab t cis ts a i.
Who re you?Red my fe
mAn OR ICOn? A Italia woawit dtia ad lost r abilityto rcogis  clos brso r aily. Yt s was cosisttlyabl to rcogis t Italia politiciaSilio Brluscoi. O possibilityis tat Brluscoi ad b‘rcatgorisd’ i t woa’s brai,as a ‘ico’ ratr ta a idiidual,ad t procssig udrlyigrcogitio was takig plac ia dirt, itact ara o t brai.
T ac is supposdly t widow ito tsoul. Crtaily, it ca proid a way to asssssoo’s itral stat.
 T a sv ivsay cisd mtis st acia xpssis: a, a, spis, ctmpt,disst, appiss ad sadss. Tis ivsaity astd by
Carls Darwi
, am ts.expssis dpd  t caactistic aamt acia ats, ic ca b ‘ad’ by bsvs,t sm a asi t idtiy ta ts (spisad a a t ad t t apat). Fac-adi sisappa vy ay. ev sv-mt-d iats paym attti t a acs.I act,
ar
appas t b a vy p xpssi.w cis a i sm’s ac v b  avidtifd  tat ps is, ad v sbcscisdtcti  a acs ca pdy ic bavi, mc m s ta sbcscis dtcti  t mtis. Fa pcssi is assciatd it activityi t
aygdala
, a y stct i t ‘mtia bai’.T imptac  acia xpssis cts timptac  scia cmmicati t mas.o sccss as a spcis as dpdd   abiityt cpat ad act tt. A y aspct  citiv ps is  abiity t d at tsa tii ad c  ty mit act.
T brai as spcic arasdotd to t ac.
w  s a ac  ca damst immdiaty sx, a adtic iis, ad t t sm xttat sm is tii ad at  s is i. w ca t i it issm  av s b, vi ty av ad, cad aisty a ai  asss. Tis abiity dpds maiy spcifc ac-citi systmsi t bai. A damatic istati  tisspcifcity cms m pp cat cis acs, a cditi as
prosopagosia
. T tmas cid by a gma pysiciai wd wa II  stdid patitsit bai dama, icdi a sdiit a bt d  cd tcis t acs  is idsad amiy,  v is  ac,bt id  cti  t cs.Pp it pspasia ca spcty  ad cd dscib da sm as  as ays, bt cat idtiy smas a patica idivida.It is ay assciatd it baidama, t t is smvidc  
iritd ors
.It is as pssib tat mid msa m cmm ta ctt – paps xpaii ysm pp av tb tacipatica caacts i fms.
Fe on the brin
PhOTOS TAKen In neW GUIneA In 1967,On A TRIP TO TeST DARWIn’S IDeA ThATFACIAL emOTIOnS WeRe UnIveRSAL.T a, o t islad’s For popl, wasaskd to sow ow  would look i (ro lt) lard tat is cild ad did,t rids or t rst ti tat day, sawa dad pig i t road, or was about to gtwit soo.T ‘Tatcr ect’ (so-calld bcaus itwas rst sow usig picturs o t orrPri miistr) illustrats ow t braitrats acs as ‘spcial’. maipulatio o aupsid-dow ac is uc lss oticablta t sa cag ad to a corrctlyoritd ac.exprssios ar cratd by t actio o spcic usclsi t ac. Ts wr tstd by t Frc doctor Ducd Boulog, wo i t 19t ctury usd lctric currtsto stiulat uscls ad r-crat particular xprssios (top).Siilar approacs a also b tak by artists (botto).
 T Vaitis  hma Facia expssi, 12-bit vsi
by Arthur Elsenaar  an Remko Scha, vieography by Josephine Jasperse
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