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Cultural differences in emotional expressions

Reviewing Darwin’s studies of universal expressions

Emotional events and themes There are a number of ways in which cultures do differ in their emotional expressions. One important way is through what I’ve coined as display rules, …

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How our emotions help us

When and why we get emotional

When are our emotional reactions appropriate vs inappropriate? Most of the time, our emotions serve us well by bringing meaning and value to our experiences; they mobilize us to deal …

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Emotion Families: Part 2

How to interpret facial expressions of emotion

Excerpt from Semiotics around the World: Synthesis in Diversity From Emotion Families: Part 1, we learned that “…we consider each emotion as constituting a family of related affective states, which …

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Emotion Families: Part 1

Organizing facial expressions of emotion

Excerpt from Semiotics around the World: Synthesis in Diversity How do we categorize facial expressions of emotion? While there are seven universal facial expressions of emotion we all experience, there …

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Mood vs. Emotion: Differences & Traits

A quick view of mood vs. emotion

In an excerpt taken from “The Nature Of Emotion“, Dr. Ekman lays out five factors of mood vs. emotion. Variations in duration, provocation, modulation, facial expression, and awareness of cause …

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My Six Discoveries

My Six Discoveries

One scientist. Six discoveries. Fifty-five years in the making.

August 1, 2017 Number 1: Nonverbal behaviors provide accurate information. And it is not obscure; most people can derive at least some of that information with no trouble. It may …

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“Atlas of Emotions” Event

San Francisco Exploratorium

Emotions Education Join Drs. Paul and Eve Ekman as they discuss their latest project, Atlas of Emotions, at the San Francisco Exploratorium on Thursday, March 30. The Atlas of Emotions …

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Emotional Reactions to Terrorism

Our Emotional Reactions to Terrorism

Understanding emotions

June 22, 2016 Untangling a Complex Emotional Impact Most of us have no trouble recognizing what emotion we feel unless for some reason we don’t think that we should be …

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How I Became Friends with the Dalai Lama

Paul Ekman and the Dalai Lama

May 16, 2016 A Happy Accident Like most other important events in my life, meeting the Dalai Lama was not a deliberate choice, but an accident. I avoided anything about …

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Introducing the Atlas of Emotions

Map of emotions

May 10, 2016 I am pleased to announce the launch of our newest project, the Atlas of Emotions: www.atlasofemotions.com. The Atlas was featured on Saturday in the New York Times. …

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What Scientists Who Study Emotion Agree About

The nature of emotions

April 12, 2016 Originally published in the Perspectives on Psychological Science What Scientists Who Study Emotion Agree About Paul Ekman University of California, San Francisco and Paul Ekman Group, LLC …

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Is Love an Emotion?

Distinguishing emotions from other states

November 11, 2015 Emotions Come and Go Is love an emotion? Let’s put aside loving your job or a piece of clothing in which the use of the word “love” …

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Ineffectively Testing the Effectiveness of TSA

The SPOT program

November 11, 2015 Trouble with ineffective testing TSA personnel in the SPOT (Screening Passengers with Observational Techniques) program have come under repeated, unjustified criticism. Their failure to catch people pretending …

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#AskEkman: How do I become a facial expression expert?

Learn from the expert

July 2014 The most popular questions we receive at the Paul Ekman Group are questions relating to which courses and/or universities are best equipped to promote a career in becoming …

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Welcome to our new Website!

Improved products and new ways to connect

April 2014 Paul Ekman Group Website I’m Paul Ekman. Welcome to the first post of my blog on our new website!  This past year has been exciting as we’ve improved our …

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