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American Psychological Association Distinguished Scientific Contribution award 1991 presented to Paul Ekman Ph.D. (August 15, 1992)
For his ground-breaking empirical and theoretical work on human emotion. He put emotion back on the research agenda of psychology and other fields after a long period of inactivity and the exclusive dominance of research on cognition. He taught us how to read the human face, turning it from a "researcher's nightmare" into a powerful source of quantitative data. He described the dynamics of non-verbal behavior. His theorizing has become completely assimilated in to the basic vocabulary of emotion theory. He demonstrated the universality and discreteness of emotions and revitalized both a cross-cultural and a Darwinian approach to emotion. He conducted seminal research on the specific biological correlates of specific emotions. Throughout his career he has been dedicated to influencing and nurturing other researchers and he has made a major contribution to inspiring and training young researchers. In all things he is a dynamic and resourceful leader, a deeply caring and sensitive man, and an artist as well as a scientist.
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