Paul Ekman, the Lie Hunter

This article is dedicated to a great American psychologist, Paul Ekman. He’s been a pioneer in the study of human emotions and their relationship to facial expressions. In fact, he occupies a prominent position on the list of the most cited 20th-century psychologists. Ekman created the Atlas of Emotions, which contains more than 10,000 facial expressions. His most notable discovery was micro-expressions. These are specific expressions that appear on the human face for mere fractions of a second. This discovery was the result of his seminal research on the biological correlates of specific emotions. In addition, he’s provided invaluable material…