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American evolutionary and social psychologist (1934-2025)

Person · Open Library

Born
15 Feb 1934
Works
52

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
NL

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
69
Total plays
288

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Works
343
Cited by
104,885

Research areas

PsychologySocial psychologyCognitive psychologyComputer scienceCommunication

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Key facts

Born
February 15, 1934 ( 1934-02-15 ) , Washington, D.C. , U.S.
Died
November 17, 2025 (2025-11-17) (aged 91) , San Francisco , California, U.S.
Education
University of Chicago , New York University ( BA ), Adelphi University ( MA , PhD )
Known for
Microexpressions , Lie to Me
Spouse
Mary Ann Mason
Fields
Psychology, anthropology
Institutions
San Francisco State University , UCSF
Thesis
Nonverbal and verbal behavior as reinforcing stimuli of opinion responses (1958)
Doctoral advisor
John Amsden Starkweather
Website
PaulEkman.com

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Encyclopedic overview

Paul Ekman (February 15, 1934 – November 17, 2025) was an American psychologist and professor at the University of California, San Francisco, who was a pioneer in the study of emotions and their relation to facial expressions. He was ranked 59th out of the 100 most eminent psychologists of the twentieth century in 2002 by the Review of General Psychology.

His empirical and theoretical work helped to restart the study of emotion and non-verbal communication in the field of psychology, and introduced new quantitative frameworks which researchers could use to do so. He also carried out important early work on the physiology of emotions.

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