A renowned expert in nonverbal communication, Paul Ekman has led a revolution in our scientific understanding of emotions. Now he assembles his pathbreaking research and theories in a comprehensive look at human emotional life. Emotions Revealed explores the evolutionary essence of anger, sadness, fear, surprise, disgust, contempt, and happiness. Drawing on his fieldwork investigating universal facial expressions in Papua New Guinea and his analysis of the prognosis of hospital patients based on their emotional profile, Ekman shows that emotions are deeply imbedded in the human species. In the process, he answers such questions as: What triggers emotions and can we stop them? 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? Unique exercises and photographs help readers identify emotions in themselves and others. Emotions Revealed is a practical, mind-opening, and potentially life-changing exploration of science and self.

保羅·艾剋曼，美國著名心理學傢、全球首席識謊專傢。

1934年齣生於美國華盛頓。畢業於美國芝加哥大學和紐約大學，在加州大學舊金山分校的蘭利波特精神病研究所臨床實習一年；1958年，獲紐約市阿德菲大學博士學位；1958～1960年，任職於新澤西州迪剋斯堡美國陸軍參謀部；1972年，任加州大學舊金山分校心理學教授至2004年退休；1991年，獲美國心理學會頒發的傑齣科學貢獻奬，並被列入20世紀最有影響力的前100位心理學傢名單。現居住在美國加州奧剋蘭市。

艾剋曼教授主要研究臉部錶情識彆、情緒與人際欺騙。他的主要著作還有《解密臉部：從臉部綫索識彆情緒的指導》（1975年）《說謊：發現商場上、婚姻裏及政治中的欺詐》（1985年）《孩子為什麼說謊》（1992年）等。