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The term physiognomy relates to the features of the body - especially the face - and the use of these features to infer the characterstics or personality of the person. In this way, it is closely related to phrenology. In China and other Asian cultures, formal systems of face reading techniques developed sometime in the first millenia b.c., integrated with religious beliefs such as Confucianism. In Western cultures, a fascination with face reading can be traced as far back as the ancient Greeks.

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British Dental Journal: Physiognomy and Teeth

An ethnographic study among young and middle-aged Hong Kong adults, which aimed to investigate the context of traditional beliefs in Chinese physiognomy in the Hong Kong SAR, China.
http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/bdj/journal/v192/n9/full/4801417a.html

Images Related to Phrenology and Physiognomy

Brief reviews of several sources containing physiognomical and phrenological images pertaining to race and especially Camper's facial angle and extensive extracts from texts.
http://www.newcastle.edu.au/discipline/fine-art/theory/race/phrenol.htm

The Skeptic's Dictionary: Physiognomy

Skeptical definition of this practice.
http://skepdic.com/physiogn.html

The Dictionary of Sensibility: Physiognomy

Examines 18th century literary references to physiognomy.
http://www.engl.virginia.edu/%7Eenec981/dictionary/termpages/physiognomy.html

Physiognomy: Personology

Relates the face reading correlations documented by Dr Edward Vincent Jones to modern personology theory.
http://www.users.totalise.co.uk/~tmd/person.htm

Astrology.com.au: Face Reading

Presents an overview of the correlations between face and personality, and includes celebrity face readings.
http://www.astrology.com.au/face/index.asp

Face Frontiers

Promotes a book, 'In Your Face' by Bill Cordingley, and gives an overview of the history and uses of this pratice.
http://www.facefrontiers.com/

The Art of Face Reading

Article exploring the process of a traditional Chinese reading.
http://www.chiofearth.com/article4.htm

People Reading

Bill Whiteside's way of face reading and how to use it in personal and professional relationships.
http://www.ireadfaces.com/

Personology Research and Development Center

A school in personology which offers courses by correspondence or in class.
http://www.personology.com/

Face Reading Online

Article and information on reading facial features. Printable guides are available for download.
http://www.facereadingonline.com
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Face Reading

Julie Cox offers books and courses in Tempe, AZ. Includes biography, celebrity samples, brief history, and lecture schedule.
http://www.facereadingacademy.com

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