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A tour de force. If you read this book, youll never look at other people in quite the same way Gladwell

Renowned psychologist Paul Ekman explains the roots of our emotionsanger, fear, disgust, sadness, and happinessand shows how they cascade across our faces, providing clear signals to those who can identify the clues. As featured in Malcolm Gladwells bestseller Blink, Ekmans 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.

Author: Paul Ekman
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Holt McDougal
Published: 03/20/2007
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.6lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780805083392
Language: English