
He has also written ten other books on the subject and his science behind lies is very well known today because of the television show Lie to Me, which is based upon Ekman's findings.

He has written Emotions Revealed, Telling Lies, and Unmasking the Face. From this first case Ekman furthered his studies on lying and has written many books on the subject. Ekman also began studying micro-gestures and other expressions of deceit. They coined these hidden feelings as micro-expressions and after reviewing more tapes they saw many cases like Mary's.įrom these tapes Dr. the term micro-expression, has stated in his book Telling Lies that micro-expressions are rare and they 'dont occur that often. After Ekman and a team of doctors reviewed Mary's interviews they found that when they slowed the tapes down they could see brief facial expressions of despair on Mary's face. telling-lies-clues-to-deceit-in-the-marketplace-politics-and-marriage-third-edition-paul-ekman 1/5 Downloaded from on Novemby guest Telling Lies Clues To Deceit In The Marketplace. This patient's name was Mary and she was admitted to the hospital after trying to kill herself three pervious times.

There was one interview in which Ekman is positive that the signs of lying and micro-expressions can be seen to reveal the patient's true state of mind. After reviewing these tapes however, Ekman saw signs of lying in most of the films. He believed that being able to perceive lies would help doctors in trying to determine whether or not patients who are suicidal are feeling better and aren't actually lying about their state of well being.Īfter making numerous films of patients Ekman had interviewed, he first watched the tapes in order to diagnose patients and to determine the severity and type of mental disorder. Paul Ekman first began studying lies in 1976 to help therapists working with mental patients. Paul Ekman is an expert in expression, physiology of emotion, and interpersonal deception.
