Paul Ekman, Ph.D., is the world’s foremost expert on facial expressions and a professor emeritus of psychology at the University of California Medical School in San Francisco. He is the author of 15 books, including, most recently, Emotional Awareness, a conversation between himself and the Dalai Lama (reviewed on page 46). He is also a member of Greater Good’s editorial board.
Charles Darwin argued that we can detect someone’s emotional state by looking at her face. Does new research prove him wrong?
The renowned psychologist offers a lesson in emotional intelligence.
A conversation between the Dalai Lama and Paul Ekman
A conversation between world-renowned psychologist Paul Ekman and his daughter Eve, with Jason Marsh.
Paul Ekman reveals the link between Darwin's and the Dalai Lama's views on compassion.
Paul Ekman explores how and why certain people help others even when it puts themselves at risk.
Paul Ekman discusses the importance of extending compassion to people of different nations, and even to all living beings.
Paul Ekman describes the building blocks of empathy and compassion: emotion recognition, emotional resonance, and familial compassion.
Paul Ekman explains that Darwin and the Dalai Lama share a similar view on humanity's highest moral virtue: to extend compassion to "all sentient…
Paul Ekman discusses the difference between forms of compassion and emotional states.