This reprint edition of Ekman and Friesen's breakthrough research on the facial expression of emotion uses scores of photographs showing emotions of surprise, fear, disgust, anger, happiness, and sadness. The authors of UNMASKING THE FACE explain how to identify these basic emotions correctly and how to tell when people try to mask, simulate, or neutralize them. It features several practical exercises that help actors, teachers, salesmen, counselors, nurses, law-enforcement personnel and physicians -- and everyone else who deals with people -- to become adept, perceptive readers of the facial expressions of emotions.
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318 of 320 people found the following review helpful
By D
Format:Paperback
Ekman is a leading authority on the study of the facial expressions and their relation to emotion, and this book is a methodical and thorough (for the layperson, at least) introduction to the field, with special focus on recognizing what he calls the six basic universally expressed emotions: happiness, fear, anger, surprise, disgust/contempt, and sadness.
Ekman provides clear, well-detailed instructions for recognizing each of these emotions, and the book includes plenty of photos to illustrate the different facial contortions of each emotion. The only complaint I would have is that I had to do a lot of page flipping back and forth to read Ekman's remarks and subsequently refer to the relevant picture. Perhaps a future edition could be better formatted to make it easier for the reader to view the expression alongside Ekman's comments.
In addition to writing about specific emotions, Ekman also covers some fascinating related topics such as recognizing facial deceit and discovering the patterns of one's own facial expressions, i.e., what you're telling the world with your own face.
Ekman is an academic and his writing shows it; he's precise, methodical, thorough, and careful in the extent of his claims. Readers who are new to the subject of reading facial expressions but are seriously committed to learning about it will find this an invaluable book.
(Ekman's later work, "Emotions Revealed," is also a great read and contains much of the same information as "Unmasking the Face," although I found the former to be lighter on technical information and practice faces, and more focused on the larger reflections Ekman has made looking back on his work over the last few decades.... Read more ›
Ekman provides clear, well-detailed instructions for recognizing each of these emotions, and the book includes plenty of photos to illustrate the different facial contortions of each emotion. The only complaint I would have is that I had to do a lot of page flipping back and forth to read Ekman's remarks and subsequently refer to the relevant picture. Perhaps a future edition could be better formatted to make it easier for the reader to view the expression alongside Ekman's comments.
In addition to writing about specific emotions, Ekman also covers some fascinating related topics such as recognizing facial deceit and discovering the patterns of one's own facial expressions, i.e., what you're telling the world with your own face.
Ekman is an academic and his writing shows it; he's precise, methodical, thorough, and careful in the extent of his claims. Readers who are new to the subject of reading facial expressions but are seriously committed to learning about it will find this an invaluable book.
(Ekman's later work, "Emotions Revealed," is also a great read and contains much of the same information as "Unmasking the Face," although I found the former to be lighter on technical information and practice faces, and more focused on the larger reflections Ekman has made looking back on his work over the last few decades.... Read more ›
99 of 103 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This seems to be an excellent resource for someone who would like to study facial expressions or improve one's ability to recognize emotions by looking at faces. The text is not just a popular blurb but a fully scientifically backed and high-level textbook designed for a serious student. There are exercises, suggestions on how to overcome one's difficulties or shortcomings, lots of photographs of faces, detailed comments on how certain facial features reflect certain emotions, and so on. I am looking forward to studying everything this book has to offer. Worth every penny!
27 of 28 people found the following review helpful
By Lydia Girndt
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
Paul Ekman gives a very useful and comprehensive instruction on how to read emotions from facial expressions. I probably would have given five stars for the printed edition. But having downloaded it on my kindle I can't use chapter ten properly, where the reader is invited to cut out the pictures for practise. In my opinion that's a real disadvantage one should know before deciding which edition to buy.
29 of 33 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I've been familiar with Ekmans work for several years now; I have found nothing else that even comes close to providing the reader with the knowledge they need to master the science of reading the emotions of others by decoding their facial expressions. Ekman is the king!
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
By Mazursky
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This book provides the basic tools for beginning to understand the body language of the face.
(Note: do not buy this for a Kindle, because it is graphics intensive and the Kindle has extremely poor image functionality.)
Like any book on body language, the skill is acquired through careful observation of people in the real world. But this book tells you where to look and what to look for. Having read it and just started playing with the flash cards, I find myself suddenly more observant of people's eyebrows, the wrinkles in their forehead, and their naso-labial wrinkles. Especially while watching movies, where there are lots of closeups and no taboo against staring closely at someone's face.
(Note: do not buy this for a Kindle, because it is graphics intensive and the Kindle has extremely poor image functionality.)
Like any book on body language, the skill is acquired through careful observation of people in the real world. But this book tells you where to look and what to look for. Having read it and just started playing with the flash cards, I find myself suddenly more observant of people's eyebrows, the wrinkles in their forehead, and their naso-labial wrinkles. Especially while watching movies, where there are lots of closeups and no taboo against staring closely at someone's face.
25 of 29 people found the following review helpful
By CT
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I gave the book three stars because I felt the writing could have been better. Other than that, I thought the book was filled with interesting and useful information. It is an unusual subject looked at from a different perspective. I liked it. The subject is all about how to read facial expressions and our unconscious responses to body (facial) language. It is filled with pictures and examples and over all is a good read.
17 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I have been a writer since I was fourteen years old. Being a writer, you watch people, you study them from afar, you take note of those small looks, those simple smiles, those cringed expressions, and those annoyed twitches that define their feelings on any host of a number of topics or events. People become easy to figure out. I've been a salesman, and the rule of thumb there is, you have seven seconds, from the point that you outstretch your hand, to the point that you say, "Hello, how are you today?" to size a person up, to figure out what type of mood they're in, are they serious about buying, or are they there really to just look. As a heavy man with a taste for beautiful women, you have to know when a woman is interested, when she wants that moment of escalation, when it's the right time to touch her hand, and the right time to kiss her, and the right time to suggest a change of venue. And last but not least, at a poker table, asking those four simple words, "Do you have them?" can mean all the difference between walking home with empty pockets and walking home with a few extra thousand dollars.
People wear their emotions on their sleaves, whether they want to admit it or not, we are all emotional creatures, bound to bouts of anger, happiness, sadness, contempt, disgust, fear, and surprise. This book is a great book to start your education with, though I'm personally more in favor of Emotions Revealed by Eckman. This is an informative book, well written, with the strongest grasp you're going to find on the topic of facial expressions that is not in the academic field. I will be the first to say, for those who have a great interest in understanding how to read people, that this book is not the only material you will ever need.... Read more ›
People wear their emotions on their sleaves, whether they want to admit it or not, we are all emotional creatures, bound to bouts of anger, happiness, sadness, contempt, disgust, fear, and surprise. This book is a great book to start your education with, though I'm personally more in favor of Emotions Revealed by Eckman. This is an informative book, well written, with the strongest grasp you're going to find on the topic of facial expressions that is not in the academic field. I will be the first to say, for those who have a great interest in understanding how to read people, that this book is not the only material you will ever need.... Read more ›
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great book on understanding emotion
This book goes in depth on how emotion is expressed in the face. The author explains how to identify emotions and even how to tell if someone is lying. Read more
Published 9 days ago by Eradio Martinez
1.0 out of 5 stars
nothing new, nothing interesting
I didn't really learn anything new, but this was required grad school reading for some reason. I was annoyed by the low quality pictures.
Published 16 days ago by LS
4.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting book - lots of good info
I bought this after reading an article about micro-expressions in a psych related magazine. As I understand it, Eckman is a leading authority on the subject. Read more
Published 24 days ago by nathan a houck
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Great Book if You Enjoy the Topic
Like my review for Dr. Paul Ekman's other books, one must enjoy the topic to enjoy his books. Because his books are scientific they tend to be dry. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Paisan
5.0 out of 5 stars
A hint of anger?
This book is interesting because it has exercises to help you see what people are really feeling. Someone may have on a pleasant face, but they actually may be masking anger. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Brandianne Hinton
5.0 out of 5 stars
HAPPY
FAST EFFICIENT SERVICES FROM SHIPPER. I ADDED THIS TO MY LIBRARY ALTHOUGH I HAVE NOT READ IT YET. WOULD USE THIS SHIPPER AGAIN
Published 4 months ago by monterey
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great work on emotion and expression
This book has been a great inspiration, personally and in my work as a psychologist. Recommended for the serious reader.
Published 4 months ago by Jesper Thorndahl
1.0 out of 5 stars
Written like a text book, dissapointing
Disappointing, lots of specific details, no practical applicaitons- discriptions of expressions were way off the pictures- maybe it was intended to be a textbook rather than a... Read more
Published 4 months ago by HelenB
5.0 out of 5 stars
I love this book
I found out about the author through the Lie to me series, which I love. Highly recommend this book. Helps you read between the lines....
Published 4 months ago by Rojas Paola
5.0 out of 5 stars
At last- A bible , !!
Many thanks for a bible in this field- essential and a must for professional negotiators and mediators.A critical know how for those whose field of operation is human beings!!
Published 4 months ago by dan neeman
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