Tag: Facial Expressions

• Reflections on Surviving Swine Flu

       A few weeks ago I found out that it was 80% likely I had caught swine flu. Interestingly, despite all I had heard, it wasn’t all that bad: a headache, sore joints and muscles and of course the well-publicised high temperature. In fact, it was so much less dramatic than I had anticipated, I…

  Dr. Lisa Law

  September 30, 2009

  Articles, Emotions, Physical Illness, Therapy, Wellness

  CBT, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Dr Lisa Law, Emotions, Facial Expressions, Illness, Swine Flu, Wellness

• Can you tell how I feel just by looking at me?

   It has been widely researched and assumed since the work of American Psychologist Paul Ekman in the 1970’s,  that human facial expressions are universal. That is, no matter where you grow up and who you encounter, you will always be able to recognise the six basic human emotions of happiness, sadness, fear, surprise, anger and disgust on…

  Dr. Lisa Law

  August 17, 2009

  Culture, Emotions, Research

  Culture, Dr Lisa Law, East Asian, Emotions, Facial Expressions, Research