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chair, doing nothing but talking. The limbs are 

 not free; the feet rest on a foot-stool, the hands 

 rest on the sides of the chair, the head rests on the 

 back of the chair; the face is free and the eyes 

 and tongue are also free (their nerve-centres are 

 free) to be acted on by external stimuli. It is, 

 then, to the face, eyes, tongue that we must look 

 for the best signs of expression in the man. We 

 may then request him to hold out his hands, that 

 we may observe the spontaneous postures that 

 follow. We study his movements, and results of 

 movements, analyzing the face, observing the move- 

 ments of the eyes, and noting the speech, at the 

 same time describing the postures seen ; by so doing, 

 all the motor factors in the expression may be 

 analyzed and classified according to the principles 

 of analysis and classification of movements given 

 in chap. v. 



We want to lay down some kind of rules for the 

 analysis of modes of expression ; thus 



1. Localize the expression. 



2. Notice whether the kind of expression be 

 trophic or motor ; if motor, analyze it according to 

 the principles * for analysis of movements, giving 

 an anatomical description. 



3. If there is movement, is it primary and spon- 

 taneous ? or is it stimulated by external f forces, 

 and thus to be considered a reflex action ? 



4. An element in an expression may be the in- 

 hibition of spontaneous J movements usually present. 



5. The mode of expression may be trophic in 



* See chap. v. p. 75. f See p. 100. J See pp. 58, 64. 



