Journal Articles & Book Chapters
Ekman, P.
Lie Catching and Micro Expressions
The Philosophy of Deception, Ed. Clancy Martin, Oxford University Press, 2009
Kendler, K.S., Halbertadt, L.J., Butera, F, Meyers, J., Bouchard, T. Ekman, P. The Similarity of The Similarity of Facial Expressions in Response to Emotion-Inducing films in Reared-Apart Twins Psychological medicine. 2008. 38, p1475-1483. Cambridge University Press
Kemeny, Cavanaugh, Foltz, Ekman, et al.
Effects of Meditation and Emotion Regulation Training on Psychological and Physiological Responses to Social Threat
In review
Ekman, P., O’Sullivan, M. (2006)
From Flawed Self-Assessment to Blatant Whoppers: The Utility of Voluntary and Involuntary Behavior in Detecting Deception.
Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 24, 673-686.
Tsiamyrtzis, P., Dowdall, J., Shastri, D., Pavlidis, I.T., Frank, M.G., Ekman, P. (2005)
Imaging Facial Physiology for the Detection of Deceit
International Journal of Computer Vision, 71 (2), 197-214.
Frank M.G. & Ekman, P.
Nonverbal Detection of Deception in Forensic Contexts (2003)
Handbook of Forensic Psychology. Academic Press.
Keltner, D, Ekman, P., Gonzaga, GC., Beer, J. (2003)
Facial Expression of Emotion. In RJ Davidson, KR Scherer, & H.H. Goldsmith (Eds.) Handbook of Affective Sciences Pp. 415-131. New York: Oxford University Press. Keltner, D. & Ekman, P (2003) Intoduction: Expression Of Emotion In RJ Davidson, KR Scherer, & H.H. Goldsmith (Eds.) Handbook of Afective Sciences. Pp. 411-414. New York: Oxford University Press.Ekman, P., Saks, O. (2003) “Would You Lie To Me?” The Observer, Guardian.co.uk, 27 April 2003.
Feinbert, S., Blascovich, J.J., Cacioppo, J.T., Davidson, R.J., Ekman, P., Faigman, D.L., Grambisch, P.L., Imrey, P.B., Keeler, E.B., Laskey, K.B., Murphy, K.R., Raichle, R.E., Shiffrin, R.M. & Swets, J.A. (2002, October)
The Polygraph and Lie Detection
National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences
Levenson, R.W., & Ekman, P. (2002)
Difficulty Does Not Account For Emotion-Specific Heart Rate Changes in the Directed Facial Action Task Psychophysiology, 39 397-405
Ekman, P. (2001)
Frowning
In: C. Blakemore & S. Jennett (Eds ) Oxford Companion to the Body. London: Oxford University Press.
Ekman, P. (2001)
Smiling
In: C. Blakemore & S. Jennett (Eds) Oxford Companion to the Body. London: Oxford University Press.
Rosenberg, E.L., Ekman, P., Jiang, W., Babyak, M., Coleman, R.E., Hanson, M., O’Connor, C., Waugh, R., and Blumenthal, J.A. (2001)
Linkages between facial expressions or emotion and transient myocardial ischemia Click Here
Expressions Of Anger And Trans
Emotion, 1 107-115.
Matsumoto, D., LeRoux, J., Wilson-Cohn, C., Raroque, J., Kooken, K., Ekman, P,. Yrizarry, N.,Loewinger, S., Uchida, H., Yee, A., Amo, L., & Goh, A. (2000)
A new test to measure emotion recognition ability: Matsumoto and Ekman’s Japanese and Caucasian Brief Affect Recognition Test (JACBART) Click Here Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 24, 179-209Keltner, D. & Ekman, P. (2000)
Facial Expression Of Emotion.
In M.Lewis and J Haviland-Jones (eds) Handbook of emotions, 2nd edition. Pp. 236-249. New York: Guilford Publications, Inc.
Ekman, P. (1999)
Emotional And Conversational Nonverbal Signals.
In L.Messing & R. Campbell (eds.) Gesture, Speech and Sign. Pp. 45-55. London: Oxford University Press.
Bartlett, M.S., Hager, J.C., Ekman, P., and Sejnowski, T.J. (1999)
Measuring Facial Expressions By Computer Image Analysis
Psychophysiology, 36, 253-263.
Ekman, P., O’Sullivan, M., Frank, M. (1999)
A Few Can Catch A Liar.
Psychological Science, 10, 263-266.
Ekman, P. (1999)
Basic Emotions.
In T. Dalgleish and T. Power (Eds.) The Handbook of Cognition and Emotion Pp. 45-60. Sussex, U.K.: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Ekman, P. (1999)
Facial Expressions. In T. Dalgleish and T. Power (Eds.) The Handbook of Cognition and Emotion. Pp. 301-320. Sussex, U.K.: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Rosenberg. E.L., Ekman, P., & Blumenthal, J.A. (1998) Facial Expression And The Affective Component Of Cynical Hostility. Health Psychology, 17, 376-380 Ekman, P. (1998)Universality Of Emotional Expression? A personal History of The Dispute.
In Ekman, P. (Editor) THIRD EDITION OF CHARLES DARWIN’S THE EXPRESSION OF THE EMOTIONS IN MAN AND ANIMALS, with introduction, afterwords, and commentaries. Pp. 363-393. London: HarperCollins.
Ekman, P. (1998)
Introduction To The Third Edition.
In Ekman, P. (Editor) THIRD EDITION OF CHARLES DARWIN’S THE EXPRESSION OF THE EMOTIONS IN MAN AND ANIMALS,with introduction, afterwords, and commentaries. Pp. xxi-xxxvi. London: HarperCollins.
Ekman, P. (1997)
Expressive Behavior And The Recovery Of A Traumatic Memory: Comments on the Videotapes of Jane Doe.
Child Maltreatment 2, 113-116.
Ekman, P. (1997)
What We Have Learned By Measuring Facial Behavior.
In P. Ekman & E. L. Rosenberg (Eds.)WHAT THE FACE REVEALS: BASIC AND APPLIED STUDIES OF SPONTANEOUS EXPRESSION USING THE FACIAL ACTION CODING SYSTEM (FACS). Pp. 469-485. New York: Oxford University Press.
Ekman, P. (1997)
Expression Or Communication About Emotion?
In N. Segal, G.E. Weisfeld, & C.C. Wiesfeld (Eds.) Uniting Psychology and Biology: Integrative Perspectives on Human Development. Pp. 315-338. Washington, DC: APA.
Ekman, P. (1997)
Deception, Lying And Demeanor.
In States of Mind: American and Post-Soviet Perspectives on Contemporary Issues in Psychology . D.F. Halpern and A.E.Voiskounsky (Eds.) Pp. 93-105. New York: Oxford University Press.
Ekman, P. (1997)
Emotion families.
In I. Rauch & G.F. Carr (Eds.) Semiotics Around The World Synthesis In Diversity. Pp.191-193. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter.
Biehl, M., Matsumoto, D., Ekman, P., Hearn, V., Heider, K., Kudoh, T., & Ton, V. (1997)
Matsumoto and Ekman’s Japanese and Caucasian Facial Expressions of Emotion (JACFEE): Reliability data and cross-national differences.
Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 21, 2-21.
Ekman, P. & Keltner, D. (1997)
Universal Facial Expressions Of Emotion. In U. Segerstrale & P. Molnar (Eds.) Nonverbal communication: Where nature meets culture. Pp. 27-46. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Ekman, P. (1997)
Lying And Deception.
In N.L. Stein, P.A. Ornstein, B. Tversky & C. Brainerd (Eds.) Memory for everyday and emotional events. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 333-347.
Ekman, P. (1996)
A Lingua Franca Of Facial Expressions.
Demos, 10, 37-38.
Ekman, P. (1996)
Why don’t we catch liars?
Social Research, 63, 801-817.
Rosenberg, E., & Ekman, P. (1995)
Conceptual And Methodological Issues In The Judgement of Facial Expression of Emotion. Motivation and Emotion, 19, 111-138.
Ekman, P. (1994)
Moods Emotions And Traits.
In P. Ekman & R. Davidson (Eds.) The Nature of Emotion: Fundamental Questions. New York: Oxford University Press. Pp. 15-19.
Ekman, P. (1994)
Antecedent Events And Emotions Metaphors. In P. Ekman & R. Davidson (Eds.) The Nature of Emotion: Fundamental Questions. New York: Oxford University Press. Pp. 146-149.Ekman, P. & Davidson, R. (1994)
Affective Science: A Research Agenda In P. Ekman & R. Davidson (Eds.) The Nature of Emotion: Fundamental Questions. New York: Oxford University Press. Pp.411-430.Matsumoto, D., & Ekman, P. (1994) Letter To The Editor Commentary on “A new series of slides depicting facial expressions of affect” by Mazurski and Bond. Submitted to Australian Journal of Psychology, 46, 58.
Ekman, P. (1994)
Strong Evidence For Universals In Facial Expression: A reply to Russell’s mistaken critique. Psychological Bulletin, 115, 268-287. Rosenberg, E.L. and Ekman, P. (1994) Coherence Between Expressive and Experiential System Of Emotions. Cognition and Emotion, 8, 201-229. Rosenberg, E.L., & Ekman, P. (1993) Facial Expression And Emotion. Neuroscience year: Supplement 3 to the Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, 51-52.
Ekman, P., & O’Sullivan M. (1993)
Who is misleading whom?
A reply to Nickerson and Hammond. American Psychologist, 989-990.
Ekman, P. (1993)
Facial Expressions Of Emotion.
American Psychologist, 48, 384-392.
Frank, M.G. and Ekman, P. (1993)
Not All Smiles Are Created Equal The Differences Between Enjoyment and Nonenjoyment Smiles. Humor, 6, 9-26.
Frank. M.G., Ekman, P., & Friesen, W.V. (1993) Behavioral markers and recognizability of the smile of enjoyment. Interpersonal Relations And Group Processes Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 64, 83-93. Ekman, P. (1992)
Proposed Instructions For Juries about Judging Credibility
University of San Francisco. October 1992.
Ekman, P.
An Argument For Basic Emotions.
Cognition and Emotion, 1992, 6, 169-200.
Ekman, P.
Are There Basic Emotions?
Psychological Review 1992, 99, 550-553.
Levenson, R.W., Ekman, P., Heider, K., & Friesen, W.V.
Emotion And Autonomic Nervous System Activity In The Minangkabau of West Sumatra. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1992, 62, 972-988.
Ekman, P.
Facial expressions of emotion: New findings, new questions.
Psychological Science, 1992, 3,34-38.
Ekman, P., O’Sullivan, M., & Matsumoto, D.
Confusions About Context In The Judgement Of Facial Expression: A reply to “Contempt and the Relativity Thesis”.
Motivation and Emotion, 1991, 15, 169-176.
Ekman, P., O’Sullivan, M., Friesen, W.V., & Scherer, K.R.
Invited Article Face Voice And Body In Detecting Deception.
Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 15, 1991, 125-135.
Ekman, P. & O’Sullivan, M. Who Can Catch A Liar. American Psychologist, 1991, 46, 913-120.
Matsumoto, D., Ekman, P., & Fridlund, A.
Analyzing Nonverbal Behabior. In P.W. Dowrick (Ed.) Practical Guide to Using Video in the Behavioral Sciences. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1991. Pp. 153-165.
Levenson, R.W., Carstensen, L.L., Friesen, W.V., & Ekman, P.
Emotion-Physiological And Expression In Old Age.
Psychology and Aging, 1991, 6, 28-35.
Levenson, R. W., Ekman, P., & Friesen, W. V
Voluntary Facial Action Generates Emotion – Specific Automic Nervous System Activity. Psychophysiology. 1990, 27, 363-384.
Zoccolotti, P., Caltagirone, C., Ekman, P., Friesen, W. Gianotti, G., Mammucari, A. & Pizzamiglio, L.
Methodological questions on the study of spontaneous emotional responding as compared to nonverbal communication in brain-damaged patients: comments on Buck’s reply.
Cortex. (1990), 26, 281-289.
In: A. Cuthbertson (Ed. and Transl.) The Mechanism of Human Facial Expression by G.-B. Duchenne de Boulogna. 1990, New York: Cambridge University Press, pp. 270-284.
Davidson, R. J., Ekman, P., Saron, C., Senulis, J., & Friesen, W.V.
Emotional expression and brain physiology I: Approach/withdrawal and cerebral asymmetry. Click Here Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1990, 58, 330-341.
Ekman, P., Davidson, R.J., & Friesen, W.V.
Emotional expression and brain physiology II: The Duchenne Smile. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1990, 58, 342-353.
Ekman, P. & O’Sullivan, M.
Hazards In Detecting Deceit.
In D. Raskin, (Ed.) Psychological Methods for Investigation and Evidence. New York: Springer. 1989. (pp 297-332)
Ekman, P.
Why Lies Fail And What Behavior Betray A lie.
In J.C. Yuille (Ed.) Credibility Assessment. 1989, Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer. Pp. 71-81.
O’Sullivan, M., Ekman. P. & Friesen, W.V.
The Effect Of Comparisons On Detecting Deceit.
Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 1988, 12. 203-215.
Ekman. P.
Lying And Nonverbal Behavior- Theoretical Issues And New Findings.
Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 1988, 12, 163-175.
Ekman, P.
Self-Deception And Detection Of Misinformation.
In J.S. Lockhard & D. L. Paulhus (Eds.) Self-Deception: An Adaptive Mechanism?. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1988. Pp. 229- 257.
Ekman, P. & Friesen, W. V.
Who Knows What About Contempt- A Reply To Izard And Haynes.
Motivation and Emotion, 12, 1988, 17-22.
Ekman, P., Friesen, W. V., & O’Sullivan, M.
Smiles When Lying.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1988, 54, 414-420.
Pizzamiglio, L., Caltagirone, C., Mammucari, A., Ekman, P., & Friesen, W. V. Imitation Of Facial Movements In Brain Damaged Patients.
Cortex, 1987, 23,207-221.
Ekman, P., Friesen, W.V., O’Sullivan, M., Chan, A., Diacoyanni- Tarlatzis, I, Heider, K., Krause, R., LeCompte, W.A., Pitcairn, T., Ricci-Bitti, P. E., Scherer, K.R., Tomita, M., & Tzavaras, A.
Universals And Cultural Differences In The Judgment Of Facial Expressions of Emotion. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1987, 53, 712-717.
Fridlund, A., Ekman, P., & Oster, H.
Facial expressions of emotion.
In Nonverbal Behavior And Communication, A. Siegman & S. Feldstein (eds.) Hillsdale, N. J.: Lawrence Erlbaum, 1987. Pp. 143-224.
Ekman, P. and Friesen, W. V.
A New Pan-Cultural Facial Expression Of Emotion.
Motivation and Emotion, 1986, 10, 159-168.
Ekman, P., Friesen, W. V., & Simons, R.C.
Is The Startle Reaction An Emotion?
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 1985, 49(5), 1416-1426.
O’Sullivan, M., Ekman, P., Friesen, W. V., & Scherer K.
What you say and how you say it- the contribution of speech content and voice quality to judgments of others.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1985, 48(1), 54-62.
Ekman, P.
Expression And The Nature Of Emotion. In, Scherer, K. and Ekman, P. (Eds.) APPROACHES TO EMOTION. Hillsdale New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum, 1984. Pp. 319-344.
Hager, J. C. & Ekman, P.
The Inner And Outer Meanings Of Facial Expressions.
In, SOCIAL PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY
J. Cacioppo & R. Petty (Eds.) Gilford Press, 1983. PP 287-306.
Ekman, P., Levenson, R. W., & Friesen, W. V.
Autonomic Nervous System Activity Distinguishe Between Emotions.
Science, 1983, 221, 1208-1210.
Ekman, P.
Facial Expression And Facial Nerve Surgery.
In, DISORDERS OF THE FACIAL NERVE
M.D. Graham & W.F. House (Eds.). New York: Raven Press. 1982. 363-368.
Scherer, K.R. and Ekman, P.
Methodologica Issues In Studying Nonverbal Behavior.
In Scherer, K.R. and Ekman, P. (Eds.),
HANDBOOK OF METHODS IN NONVERBAL BEHAVIOR RESEARCH
New York: Cambridge University Press, 1982. Pp. 1-44.
Ekman, P.
Mistakes When Deceiving. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1981, 364, 269-278.
Hager, J. C. & Ekman, P.
Methodological problems in Tourangeau and Ellsworth’s study of facial expression and experience of emotion.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 1981, 40(2) 358- 362.
Ekman, P. Friesen, W. V. & Ancoli, S.
Facial Sign Of Emotional Experience.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 1980, 39(6), 1125-1134.
Ekman, P., Roper, G., & Hager, J. C.
Deliberate Facial Movement.
Child Development, 1980. 51, 886-891.
Ekman, P.
Asymmetry In Facial Expression.
Science, 1980, 209, 833- 834.
Ekman, P., Brattesani, K., O’Sullivan, M., & Friesen, W. V.
Does Image Size Affect Judgements Of The Face? Journal of Nonverbal Behavior. 1979, 4(1), 57-61.
Friesen, W. V., Ekman, P., & Wallbott, H.
Measuring Hand Movements.
Journal of Nonverbal Behavior. 1979, 4(2), 97-112.
Hager, J. C. & Ekman, P.
Long-Distance Transmission Of Facial Affect Signals.
Ethology and Sociobiology. 1979, 1, 77-82.
Ekman, P. & Oster, H.
Facial Expressions On Emotion.
Annual Review of Psychology. 1979, 30, 527-554.
Oster, H. & Ekman, P.
Facial behavior in child development.
In MINNESOTA SYMPOSIUM ON CHILD DEVELOPMENT, Vol. 11. W. A. Collins (ed.). Hillsdale, N. J.: Lawrence Erlbaum, 1978. Pp. 231-276. Minnesota Symposia On Child Psychology Volume 11
Ekman P.
What’s In A Name?
Journal of Communication, 1977, 27(1). 237-239.
Ekman, P. & Friesen, W. V.
Nonverbal Behavior.
In COMMUNICATION AND HUMAN INTERACTION, P. Ostwald (ed.). New York: Grune & Stratton, 1977. Pp. 37-46.
Johnson, H. G., Ekman, P., Friesen, W. V., Nyhan, W., & Shear, C.
A Behavioral Phenotype In The de Lange Syndrome.
Pediatric Research. 1976, 10, 843-850.
Ekman, P. & Friesen, W. V.
Measuring Facial Movement.
Environmental Psychology and Nonverbal Behavior. 1976, 1(1), 56-75.
Ekman, P., Friesen, W. V., & Scherer, K.
Body Movement And Violence Pitch In Deceptive Interaction.
B Semiotica. 1976, 16(1), 23-27.
Johnson, H. G., Ekman, P., & Friesen, W. V.
Communicative Body Movements- American Emblems.
Semiotica, 1975, 15(4), 335-353.
Boucher, J. D., & Ekman, P.
Facial Areas And Emotional Information.
Journal of Communication, 1975, 25(2), 21-29.
Ekman, P. & Friesen W. V.
Detecting Deception From The Body Or Face. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1974, 29(3), 288- 298.
Ekman, P. & Friesen W. V.
Hand Movements.
Journal of Communication, 1972, 22, 353-374.
Ekman, P. Universals And Cultural Differences In Facial Expressions Of Emotions. In J. Cole (ed.), NEBRASKA SYMPOSIUM ON MOTIVATION, 1971. Lincoln, Neb.: University of Nebraska Press, 1972. Pp. 207- 283.
Ekman, P., Friesen, W. V., & Tomkins, S. S.
Facial Affect Scoring Technique- A First Validity Study
Semiotica, 1971, 3, 37-58.
Ekman, P., Friesen, W. V.
Constants Across Cultures In The Face And Emotion.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1971, 17, 124-129.
Ekman, P.
Universal Facial Expressions of Emotions.
California Mental Health Research Digest, 1970, 8, 151-158.
Ekman, P., Sorenson, E. R., & Friesen, W. V.
Pan-Cultural Elements In Facial Display Of Emotions.
Science, 1969, 164(3875), 86-88.
Ekman, P. & Friesen, W. V.
A Tool For The Analysis Of Motion Picture Film Or Video Tape American Psychologist 1969, 24,240-243.Ekman, P. & Friesen, W. V.
Nonverbal Leakage And Clues To Deception Psychiatry, 1969, 32, 88-105.Ekman, P. & Friesen, W. V. The Repertoire Of Nonverbal Behavior Categories, origins, usage, and coding. Semiotica, 1969, 1, 49- 98.
Ekman, P. & Friesen, W. V.
Nonverbal Behavior In Psychotherapy Reseasrch
In J. Shlien (ed), RESEARCH IN PSYCHOTHERAPY. Vol. III. American Psychological Association, 1968. 179-216.
Verba, S., Brody, R. A., Parker, E. B., Nie, N. H., Polsby, N. W., Ekman, P., & Black, G. S.
Public Opinion And The War In Vietnam
American Political Science Review, 1967, 61, 317-333.
Weiss, R. L., Ekman, P., Ullman, L. P., & Krasner, L.
The Context Of Reinforcement In Verbal Conditioning
Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1965, 21, 99-100.
Ekman, P.
Differential Communication Of Affedivct By Head And Body Cues
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 1965, 2(5), 725- 735.
Ekman, P.
Communication Through Nonverbal Behavior- A Source Of Information About an Interpersonal Relationship S. S. Tomkins & C. E. Izard (eds.), AFFECT, COGNITION AND PERSONALITY. New York: Springer, 1965, 390-442.
Ekman, P.
Body Position Facial Expression And Verbal Behavior During Interviews.
Abnormal and Social Psychology. 1964, 68(3), 295-301.
Ekman, P.
Research As Therapy (?).
Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases, 1961. 133, 229-232.
P.Tsiamyrzis, JDowdall, D.Shastri and I.T. Pavlidis, M.G. Frank, P.Ekman (2006)
Imaging Facial Physiology for the Detection of Deceit
International Journal of Computer Vision
Ekman, P., Davidson, R., Ricard, M., Wallace, A. (2005)
Buddhist and Psychological Perspectives on Emotions and Well-Being
Current Directions in Psychological Science. Volume 14, Number 2.
Ekman, P.
EMOTIONS REVEALED New York: Times Books (US). London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson (world).Ekman, P., O’Sullivan, M., & Frank, M.G. (1999)
A Few Can Catch A Liar. Psychological Science, 10.
Ekman, P. (1999)
Basic Emotions
In T. Dalgleish and T. Power (Eds.) The Handbook of Cognition and Emotion Pp. 45-60. Sussex, U.K.: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Ekman, P. (1999)
Facial Expressions
In T. Dalgleish and T. Power (Eds.) The Handbook of Cognition and Emotion. Pp. 301-320. Sussex, U.K.: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Ekman, P. (1997)
Should we call it expression or communication?
Innovations in Social Science Research, 10, 333-344. (Special Issue edited by Angelika Kofler).
Ekman, P. (1997)
Lying and Deception.
In N.L. Stein, P.A. Ornstein, B. Tversky & C. Brainerd (Eds.) Memory for everyday and emotional events. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 333-347.
Ekman, P. (1996)
Why Dont We Catch Liars?
Social Research, 63, 801-817.
Ekman, P. & O’Sullivan, M. (1991)
Who can catch a liar. American Psychologist, 1991, 46, 913-120.




