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carlyg123's review against another edition
5.0
I began with an interest in understanding others' expressions, and ended with an increased understanding of myself. It's taken a while to get to the end, but I guess the time was right now and it worked out; a great read which I'm glad to have kept pursuing over the past couple of years.
pika_berry's review against another edition
3.0
I am amused to the extent that this book talks about emotions without getting into psychology. Sometimes it comes very close (in the chapter about anger for example (though it’s wrong, but I won’t judge)), but it never crosses over.
It’s almost as if someone came up with a character just on the cusp of discovering meta cognition. Yet never quite does. Fascinating.
The book does provide some rare information on how to mechanically produce an emotion via manipulation of the facial muscles (and vice versa: how to spot an emotion). Which I guess implies that the author believes it can go both ways, which is likely to be true.
The information on how to mechanically reproduce an emotion, and vice versa, is useful. I’m now capable of spotting when I feel sad. I didn’t know what this phenomenon was.
This book is, at its core, a concrete how-to book.
It treats emotions as a given. A random thing that happens to us with no rhyme and reason, like rain and sunshine to an ancient peasant.
You will be dissapointed if you expect a system behind the individual emotions, or inquiries into the why (ie, psychology), as I was.
It’s almost as if someone came up with a character just on the cusp of discovering meta cognition. Yet never quite does. Fascinating.
The book does provide some rare information on how to mechanically produce an emotion via manipulation of the facial muscles (and vice versa: how to spot an emotion). Which I guess implies that the author believes it can go both ways, which is likely to be true.
The information on how to mechanically reproduce an emotion, and vice versa, is useful. I’m now capable of spotting when I feel sad. I didn’t know what this phenomenon was.
This book is, at its core, a concrete how-to book.
It treats emotions as a given. A random thing that happens to us with no rhyme and reason, like rain and sunshine to an ancient peasant.
You will be dissapointed if you expect a system behind the individual emotions, or inquiries into the why (ie, psychology), as I was.
rachelhelps's review against another edition
4.0
This is an excellent psychology book. Ekman's style is personable and laid-back. By being completely honest about how much of his own research he is citing (and when he's referring to his own hunches), he retains academic transparency, and by clearly describing ways to recognize emotions in others, he imparts the beginning of a skill set everyone should know. I'm grateful that at least someone in psychology has managed to find a way to train people to learn a skill through psychology research, and I'm interested in his microexpressions training (which I'll probably complete once I can bring myself to spring $70 on it: http://face.paulekman.com/products.aspx).
andergraphen's review against another edition
4.0
Interessante sulle emozioni e sulle espressioni che le rappresentano. Insegna a riconoscerle 7
kathastrophies's review against another edition
4.0
I thoroughly enjoyed this book.
Paul Ekman doesn't only cover basic emotions but also how to read them in others. As someone that struggles with this thanks to my neurotype I found it quite helpful.
At the same time I found some of the chapters and example very lengthy and struggled to stay attentive throughout.
All in all I'd recommend the book.
Paul Ekman doesn't only cover basic emotions but also how to read them in others. As someone that struggles with this thanks to my neurotype I found it quite helpful.
At the same time I found some of the chapters and example very lengthy and struggled to stay attentive throughout.
All in all I'd recommend the book.
ashleycaton's review against another edition
2.0
Learned a few interesting things, but this book was a struggle to get through! According to Goodreads it’s taken me 10 months to read it.
iluvatarreads's review against another edition
3.0
Minik bir inceleme bırakıyorum, umarım işinize yarar. Paul Ekman'ın önceki kitabına göre çok karışık buldum bunu. İlk olarak, kitabın adı, içeriğe uygun değil. 300 sayfa boyunca mikro ifadelerin ne olduğunu, ne sürede ve hangi kaslar yardımıyla ortaya çıktığını anlatıyor. Bunlar yararlı bilgiler, evet, ama kitabın adına bakınca daha çok yalana ve yalanın anlaşılmasına bağlı olarak mikro ifadelerin incelenmesini beklemiştim ben. Son bölümlerde 20 sayfa kadar yalan ile duyguların ilişkisinden bahsetmiş, başka yalan ibaresi yok. Mikro ifadeleri bilmek ve anlayabilmek başlı başına yalan radarı görevi görüyor ama önceki kitabın tekrarı olmuş diyebilirim ne yazık ki. Yazım hataları ve tahminimce çeviri sorunları da vardı, bu da bir dezavantaj. Konu hakkında daha işinize yarar bir kitap arıyorsanız Oğuz Benlioğlu'nun iki kitabı var, onları öneririm. Hem çeviri derdi yok hem de fazla terminolojiye girmeden açık bir şekilde anlatıyor.
Yine de görsellerle anlatılması ve bilimsel kanıtlarla desteklemesi bu tür kitaplarla aranan bir şey olduğu için keyifle okunacağını düşünüyorum. İyi okumalar :)
Yine de görsellerle anlatılması ve bilimsel kanıtlarla desteklemesi bu tür kitaplarla aranan bir şey olduğu için keyifle okunacağını düşünüyorum. İyi okumalar :)
flybyreader's review against another edition
3.0
He is the one and only - Paul Ekman -. He discovered micro-expressions (tiny facial expressions that only last for a fraction of a second), caused a stir among psychologists and researchers by claiming and proving that some facial expressions are innate, thus universal (he ventured a trip to New Guinea for the love of research) and has put a full-stop to the question - are expressions and gestures socially learned or culturally variable-, he has worked as a lie detector and revealed criminals and has opened new horizons for reading body language and facial expressions, thus helped us better understand the nature of emotions and how they are reflected on our faces and bodies.
In this book, he challenges readers to manage and/or unlearn acquired emotional responses and prevent leakage (facial signs that betray lies). Ekman analyzes universal emotional expressions in each chapter and gives tips as to how we can control them.
The downside of the book is that it feels like it's written for self-improvement purposes yet the terminology and style smell like an academic article. It was a bit too long and detailed but well-constructed. If you like the series "Lie to Me" and want to learn more about this amazing world of expressions, Ekman is your man. However, I suggest starting with "Telling Lies: Clues to Deceit in the Marketplace, Politics, and Marriage" - for a more thorough read.
In this book, he challenges readers to manage and/or unlearn acquired emotional responses and prevent leakage (facial signs that betray lies). Ekman analyzes universal emotional expressions in each chapter and gives tips as to how we can control them.
The downside of the book is that it feels like it's written for self-improvement purposes yet the terminology and style smell like an academic article. It was a bit too long and detailed but well-constructed. If you like the series "Lie to Me" and want to learn more about this amazing world of expressions, Ekman is your man. However, I suggest starting with "Telling Lies: Clues to Deceit in the Marketplace, Politics, and Marriage" - for a more thorough read.
lem119's review against another edition
4.0
This book combines several topics I am very interested in. The first is universal cultural traits, which I learned a little bit about and became interested in when we were discussing evolutionary psychology in my science and philosophy of sex and love class; the second is reading people's emotions, particularly regarding negative emotions. This book combines those two elements to look at the physical signifiers of various emotions, and how to recognize and respond to them (if you've seen Lie to Me it was based on Dr. Ekman's work, although obviously dramatised). The book is very interesting; Ekman uses his research studies in Papua New Guinea as well as anecdotes, historical and news media, and other research data to find commonalities in the expressions people show when feeling emotions including disgust, sadness, relief, and surprise. While the book obviously does not go into such in-depth minutia to make anyone reading it an expert on microexpressions, it does show some basic ways to recognize various emotions based on a person's lips, eyes, jaw, nose, and other aspects of facial expression, and shows how they are universal across cultures, as well as explaining some reasons for this universality.
lakasmoose's review against another edition
3.0
I was intrigued and bored at the same time.
I think it would have been better if there were more pictures to back up his research... and not just pictures of his daughter that were pieced together. No. There should have been more pictures of real people showing the expressions he was describing.
I think it would have been better if there were more pictures to back up his research... and not just pictures of his daughter that were pieced together. No. There should have been more pictures of real people showing the expressions he was describing.
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