Paul Ekman - How to Read Micro Facial Expressions

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Micro expressions: if you can read them, you are at a significant advantage in business and life.  I watch a show called Lie to Me on Fox.  The story is built around a character who can detect lies primarily based on facial expressions.  After doing some research, I discovered the source of the science behind the script, Dr. Paul Ekman.  He has developed a system of reading facial expressions, which transcends both language and culture. 

Here is one of the promo videos for the show that does a very good job explaining what I am talking about:

I have purchased Paul Ekman's book Unmasking the Face: A Guide to Recognizing Emotions From Facial Expressions and the METT Advanced-Online course from his website.  Though, I have studied several books on body language from CIA based materials to academic type authors, micro expressions seem to be a superior--purely because body language is easier to disguise.  Whereas, micro expressions from what I can gather are exceptional hard to mask or fake, especially under pressure.  That being said, I did purchase The Definitive Book of Body Language as well.  When doing my initial research, the book was recommended in an article about Paul Ekman.

Below is a 10 minute video that serves as the perfect elevator for Paul Ekman's work.  It also explains that a team of scientists are developing automated facial recognition software based on Ekman's research.  That raises an eyebrow, doesn't it?

Will Franco aka Flywheel

Will Franco aka Flywheel

Will Franco is the Founder and CEO of jiveSYSTEMS, a video email and web video marketing system. He is also an internet marketing consultant and marketing automation coach.

His personal mantra is, "Think-Automate: Do it, Automate it, Delegate it, or Ditch it"

He regularly writes posts in the jiveSYSTEMS Blog on a variety of business topics. In addition, he has two personal blogs, one that he calls his business notebook, and one that he calls his personal journal, where he writes about his adventures into the quantum realm and the meaning of life.

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