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Emotions Revealed, Second Edition: Recognizing Faces and Feelings to Improve Communication and Emotional Life by Paul Ekman Ph.D.
Book Summary InformationAuthor: Paul Ekman Ph.D. Edition: Paperback Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published) Published: 2007-03-20 ISBN: 0805083391 Number of pages: 320 Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
Book Reviews of Emotions Revealed, Second Edition: Recognizing Faces and Feelings to Improve Communication and Emotional LifeBook Review: Absolutely Excellent book on Concealed Emotions Summary: 5 Starsbtw I'm Susan Gill's son.
Dr Ekman has been getting alot of attention lately, due to the fact that he is the scientific consultant for the new show on Fox "Lie to Me". The show is even based off of his science. In fact, it's the reason I got into this type of behavioral science. So if like me, you want to strengthen your ability to catch liars or see hidden emotions in the face, this book is without a doubt your best bet.
What makes this book so good is that Ekman includes pictures of every single emotion, and describes them in detail so that you should know which emotion should be felt at which time. Pictures are abundant in each chapter for each specific emotion (although it seemed that one way to make "Contempt" was missing, but nevertheless still extremely useful). On top of that, the book even has a test you can take to see how well you can read emotions before, and after you read the book.
Another very helpful thing is that he even gives a negation signal people can make in the face by describing (almost unknowingly it seems) two ways a person can give "mouth shrugs", and the difference between a mouth shrug and sadness. This was an issue if you've seen the show, because watching "Lie to Me" was hard to spot liars because it was hard to see when a person was sad, or totally faking it.
As for using it for lie detection, the extra chapter included in this edition is extremely useful. It describes the two types of errors a person can make when interpreting signals for lying, but not in so much detail that it kills you.
my only complaints for the book is that it sometimes felt that reading about when the emotions can occur BEFORE you see the faces, made it seem like you couldn't retain as much information because all you wanted to do was get to the faces and how to read them. if he had done that first, we may have been more interested in understanding WHY or WHEN certain emotions occur.
On a different note, Ekman really makes it seem that he doesn't have a lot of confidence in his lie detection system, but if you watch "Lie to Me" you can see clearly that his research can be well over 90 % accurate based on the context of the situations. also, you can even practice, and learn more from "Lie to Me" than even from Ekman's books.
One last note is that, if you're going to want to learn about Lie detection, and how to read faces and body language like the people on "Lie to Me" and like Ekman does, that this isn't the only book you should get. It's more of a concentration on the Face instead of the "whole picture" you'll be looking at.
This is my opinion, but you should really get Ekmans book "Telling Lies" and Alan and Barbera Pease's book "The Definitive Book on Body Language" if you want to get really serious about lie detection. Each book contains certain information that's more in depth on each subject. Like the use of Manipulators is alot more in depth (which is really needed) in the Body language book than in any of Ekmans books. On top of that, reading body language can even give you a better assesment if a person is lying based on their positive and negative body language coupled with the "Tells" that Ekman describes.
Ekman's other book, "Telling Lies" is a bit of a tougher read, but it includes valuable information on the body and lying that none of the other books have. It goes more in Depth on the two errors a Lie catcher can make, and give you a much deeper understanding on how and why people lie (make sure you buy the 2009 remake version though, it has the best information, and makes it sound more conclusive about his studies).
So if you're interested in concealed emotions, buy this book immediately. If you're interested in lie detection however, buy this book, and "Telling Lies" (Paul Ekman) and "The Definitive Book on Body Language" (Allan, Barbera Pease) and to watch "Lie to Me" every week.
Summary of Emotions Revealed, Second Edition: Recognizing Faces and Feelings to Improve Communication and Emotional Life"A tour de force. If you read this book, you'll never look at other people in quite the same way again."-Malcolm Gladwell?Renowned psychologist Paul Ekman explains the roots of our emotions-anger, fear, disgust, sadness, and happiness-and shows how they cascade across our faces, providing clear signals to those who can identify the clues. As featured in Malcolm Gladwell's bestseller Blink, Ekman's Facial Action Coding System offers intense training in recognizing feelings in spouses, children, colleagues, even strangers on the street. In Emotions Revealed, Ekman distills decades of research into a practical, mind-opening, and life-changing guide to reading the emotions of those around us. He answers such questions as: How does our body signal to others whether we are slightly sad or anguished, peeved or enraged? Can we learn to distinguish between a polite smile and the genuine thing? Can we ever truly control our emotions? Packed with unique exercises and photographs, and a new chapter on emotions and lying that encompasses security and terrorism as well as gut decisions, Emotions Revealed is an indispensable resource for navigating our emotional world.
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