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Paul Ekman (born 1934) is a psychologist and has been a pioneer in the study of emotions and facial expressions.

Biography

Ekman was born in 1934 in Washington, DC, and grew up in Newark, New Jersey, Washington, Oregon, and Southern California. He is the son of a pediatrician.

Ekman's carefully conducted experiments were a model of elegance for other psychologists and, in part, led to him being designated one of the 100 most important psychologists of the twentieth century by the American Psychological Association.

In 2001, Ekman collaborated with John Cleese for the BBC documentary series The Human Face.

He retired in 2005 as professor of psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).

Work

Contrary to the belief of some anthropologists at the time including Margaret Mead, Ekman found that at least some facial expressions and their corresponding emotions are not culturally determined, but universal to human culture and thus biological in origin, as Charles Darwin had once theorized. Ekman's finding is now widely accepted by scientists. Expressions he found to be universal included anger, disgust, fear, joy, sadness and surprise. Findings on contempt are less clear, though there is at least some preliminary evidence for its being universally recognized.

Ekman reported facial "microexpressions" that he showed could be used to reliably detect lying, in an effort called the Diogenes Project. He also developed the Facial Action Coding System (FACS) to taxonomize every conceivable human facial expression.

Ekman conducted and published research on a broad variety of topics in the general area of non-verbal behavior. His work on lying, for example, was not limited to the face, but also to observation of the rest of the body.

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-'''Paul Ekman''' was born in 1934 in Washington, DC, and grew up in Newark, New Jersey, Washington, Oregon], and Southern California. He has been a pioneer in the study of [[emotion]]s and [[facial expression]]s, and is currently professor of psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at the [[University of California]] Medical School.
+'''Paul Ekman''' (born [[1934]]) is a psychologist and has been a pioneer in the study of [[emotion]]s and [[facial expression]]s.
+==Biography==
+Ekman was born in [[1934]] in [[Washington, DC]], and grew up in [[Newark, New Jersey]], [[Washington]], [[Oregon]], and [[Southern California]].  He is the son of a pediatrician.
 Ekman's carefully conducted experiments were a model of elegance for other psychologists and, in part, led to him being designated one of the 100 most important psychologists of the twentieth century by the American Psychological Association.
+In 2001, Ekman collaborated with [[John Cleese]] for the [[BBC]] [[documentary film|documentary]] series ''[[The Human Face]]''.
-Contrary to the belief of some [[cultural anthropology|anthropologists]] at the time including [[Margaret Mead]], Ekman found that at least some facial expressions and their corresponding emotions are ''not'' culturally determined, but appear to be universal to human culture and thus presumably [[biology|biological]] in origin, as [[Charles Darwin]] had once theorized. Ekman's finding is now widely accepted by scientists. Expressions he found to be universal included [[anger]], [[disgust]], [[fear]], [[joy]], [[sadness]] and [[surprise]].  Findings on [[contempt]] are less clear, though there is at least som preliminary evidence for it's being universally recognized.
+He retired in 2005 as professor of [[psychology]] in the Department of [[Psychiatry]] at the [[University of California, San Francisco]] (UCSF).
-Ekman reported facial "[[microexpression|microexpressions]]" that he claimed could be used to reliably detect lying, in an effort called the [[Diogenes Project]]. He also developed the [[Facial Action Coding System]] (FACS) to taxonomize every conceivable human facial expression.
+==Work==
-In 2001, Ekman collaborated with [[John Cleese]] for the [[BBC]] [[documentary film|documentary]] series ''[[The Human Face]]''.
+Contrary to the belief of some [[cultural anthropology|anthropologists]] at the time including [[Margaret Mead]], Ekman found that at least some facial expressions and their corresponding emotions are ''not'' culturally determined, but universal to human culture and thus [[biology|biological]] in origin, as [[Charles Darwin]] had once theorized. Ekman's finding is now widely accepted by scientists. Expressions he found to be universal included [[anger]], [[disgust]], [[fear]], [[joy]], [[sadness]] and [[surprise]].  Findings on [[contempt]] are less clear, though there is at least some preliminary evidence for its being universally recognized.
+Ekman reported facial "[[microexpression]]s" that he showed could be used to reliably detect lying, in an effort called the [[Diogenes Project]]. He also developed the [[Facial Action Coding System]] (FACS) to taxonomize every conceivable human facial expression.
+Ekman conducted and published research on a broad variety of topics in the general area of non-verbal behavior. His work on lying, for example, was not limited to the face, but also to observation of the rest of the body.
 ==See also==
-*[[body language]]
+*[[Microexpression]]
-*[[nonverbal communication]]
+*[[Body language]]
+*[[Nonverbal communication]]
 ==External links==
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 * [http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/people4/Ekman/ekman-con0.html Interview]
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