Drawing on his fieldwork investigating universal facial expressions in Papua New Guinea, and on his analysis of the prognosis of hospital patients based on their emotional profile, Ekman shows that emotions are deeply embedded 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?
Emotions Revealed is a practical, mind-opening, and potentially life-changing exploration of science and self.