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

Emotions Revealed: Recognizing Faces and Feelings to Improve Communication and Emotional LifePaul Ekman Ph.D.Emotionsare what "makelifelivable," writes psychologistEkmanin this unique hands-on volume that flirts shrewdly with psychology and anthropology. His 40-odd years of research have led him to the conclusion (originally presented by Charles Darwin) that emotions, and their 10,000 facial expressions, are largely universal. While an American smile may look much like a grin expressed by a Fore tribesman of Papua New Guinea, what actually triggers the toothytwinkleis culturally, socially and even individually determined. Emotions theselves can't be turned off, but they can be controlled, and Ekman draws upon the Buddhist concept of mindfulness to explain how, by tuning in to one's ownemotionaltriggers, one can develop a heightened "attentiveness,"Read more Year:2003Edition:First EditionLanguage:EnglishPages:285Download(pdf, 4.16 MB)Mirrors:[1][2]

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