Download or read book Blushing and the Social Emotions written by W. Crozier and published by Springer. This book was released on 2006-03-12 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The blush is a ubiquitous, but little understood, phenomenon. It involves an involuntary change in the face that can express feelings, reveal character and cause intense anxiety. Crozier provides a scholarly, yet accessible, synthesis of new research, locating blushing within the context of the 'social emotions' of embarrassment, shame and shyness.