New Experiments to Determine Why People Blush Shed Light on a Long-Misunderstood but Peculiarly Human Phenomenon.

Authors :: Raymond, Chris
Source :: Chronicle of Higher Education. 7/18/90, Vol. 36 Issue 44, pA6. 3p. 2 Black and White Photographs.
Publication Year :: 1990
Abstract: Discusses papers presented in a symposium on blushing which took place at the June 1990 meeting of the American Psychological Society. Possible purpose served by blushing during the course of evolution; Social function of blushing; Distinction between blushing and anxiety; Similarity of blushing to the appeasement gestures that are prevalent in interactions among primates.

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