Emotions Revealed : Recognizing Faces and Feelings to Improve Communication and Emotional Life

by Ekman, Paul , Ph.D.

• ISBN13: 9780805072754
• ISBN10: 0805072756
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-04-07
• Publisher: Times Books

Summary

Renowned psychologist Paul Ekman explains the roots of our emotional responses-from anger and fear to sadness and happiness-and shows how these emotions cascade across our faces, revealing information to those who can decipher the clues. Ekman's research and practical training were prominently featured in Malcolm Gladwell's bestseller Blink, and the insights in Emotions Revealed provide us with the skills to recognize feelings in our spouses, children, business colleagues, even strangers on the street.

Author Biography

A world-renowned expert on facial expression, emotion, and deception, Paul Ekman, Ph.D., is a professor of psychology at the University of California Medical School in San Francisco and a frequent adviser to police, antiterrorism groups, and the animation studio Pixar. He is the author of fourteen books, including Telling Lies. He lives in San Francisco.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Preface to the Second Edition	p. xv
Introduction	p. xvii
Emotions Across Cultures	p. 1
When Do We Become Emotional?	p. 17
Changing What We Become Emotional About	p. 38
Behaving Emotionally	p. 52
Sadness and Agony	p. 82
Anger	p. 110
Surprise and Fear	p. 148
Disgust and Contempt	p. 172
Enjoyable Emotions	p. 190
Lies and Emotions	p. 213
Conclusion: Living with Emotion	p. 231
Afterword	p. 237
Reading Faces-The Test	p. 241
Notes	p. 263
Illustration Credits	p. 279
Index	p. 281
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