Neuroanthropology

For a greater understanding of the encultured brain and body…

Complete this quote: “Emotional expressions are crucial to…”

Posted by Paul Mason on November 22, 2009

How would you complete this quote?

 

“Emotional expressions are crucial to…”

 

This week’s quote is inspired by Paul Ekman who started his career in psychology by performing cross-cultural research into facial emotions. His research has been nothing short of laborious, but he is now one of the most celebrated scientists in Psychology with his wide-reaching research being standard curriculum for psychology students, a part of FBI training, and a source of inspiration for the popular Television show “Lie to me”. He is one of the presenters at the Mind and Its Potential conference to be held in Sydney in December and he has a wealth of books and training materials available online. Ekman believes that, “Emotional expressions are crucial to the development and regulation of interpersonal relationships.” Leave us a reply and tell us what you think emotional expressions are crucial for. 

How would you complete this quote?

 
 
 
 
 
 

“Emotional expressions are crucial to…”

Some highlights from Previous weeks:

Richard Dawkins: “If a meme is to dominate the attention of a human brain, it…”
          Janis wrote: ” … had better have something to do with beer, sex, or pizza.”
Diane Ackerman: “Shaped like a little loaf of French Country bread, our brain is…”
          Anon1 wrote: “… begging for a dose of wine.”
          Janis wrote:  “… just as tasty with a little olive oil and garlic, and low-carb to boot!”
Richard L. Gregory: “One of the difficulties in understanding the brain is…”
          Anon1 wrote: “… once you have dissected it, it doesn’t work anymore.”
Francis Crick: “There is no scientific study more vital to man than…”
          John McCreery wrote: “…woman.”
          Peter wrote: “…the optimal cheese to ham ratio in a ham and cheese sandwich.”
Dr Seuss: “You have brains in your head, you have…”
          Skye wrote: “…brains on your plate, just add some mustard sauce and I’ll bet they taste great!”
          Phredd wrote: “… a fish in your MRI.”
          Stefan wrote: “…thoughts in your brain, thoughts control actions which make us insane.”

Advertisement

22 Responses to “Complete this quote: “Emotional expressions are crucial to…””

  1. Conveying your feelings after hitting your thumb with a hammer.

  2. Paul Mason said

    “…the immense visceral power of a musical composition.”

  3. Eric Dick said

    …the expression of emotion. Thereby emotion becomes a tool as much as an understanding.

  4. …..my compleation of this video
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjK_yVdGNGk

  5. gregdowney said

    the deception of others and the self.

  6. MTBradley said

    summer blockbusters.

  7. anon1 said

    “…anyone but Henry Kissinger.”

  8. Puneet said

    life

  9. Arman said

    in sorting out relationship issues wherein both partners are “mute”.

  10. Janis said

    ” … survival.”

  11. annani said

    signalling pain or pleasure.

  12. [...] Complete this quote: “Emotional expressions are crucial to…” [...]

  13. [...] quotes from previous weeks: “Emotional expressions are crucial to…” “You have brains in your head, you have…” “One of the difficulties in [...]

  14. . . . processing and understanding our own thoughts and emotions, and building rapport with others.

  15. [...] quotes from previous weeks: “Emotional expressions are crucial to…” “You have brains in your head, you have…” “One of the difficulties in [...]

  16. [...] “thinking of the other person as less than worthy of true consideration.” Paul Ekman: “Emotional expressions are crucial to…”           Romeo Vitelli wrote: “…conveying your feelings after hitting your [...]

  17. [...] “Our cherished belief in the specialness of human consciousness has not prevented us from…” “Emotional expressions are crucial to…” “If a meme is to dominate the attention of a human brain, it…” “Shaped like a [...]

  18. [...] “Our cherished belief in the specialness of human consciousness has not prevented us from…” “Emotional expressions are crucial to…” “If a meme is to dominate the attention of a human brain, it…” “Shaped like a little like a [...]

  19. [...] “Our cherished belief in the specialness of human consciousness has not prevented us from…” “Emotional expressions are crucial to…” “If a meme is to dominate the attention of a human brain, it…” “Shaped like a little like a [...]

  20. [...] “Our cherished belief in the specialness of human consciousness has not prevented us from…” “Emotional expressions are crucial to…” “If a meme is to dominate the attention of a human brain, it…” “Shaped like a little like a [...]

  21. [...] “Our cherished belief in the specialness of human consciousness has not prevented us from…” “Emotional expressions are crucial to…” “If a meme is to dominate the attention of a human brain, it…” “Shaped like a little like a [...]

  22. [...] “Emotional expressions are crucial to……conveying your feelings after hitting your thumb with a hammer.” (Romeo Vitelli) [...]

Leave a Reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

Gravatar
WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Log Out / Change )

Twitter picture

You are commenting using your Twitter account. Log Out / Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. Log Out / Change )

Connecting to %s

 
Follow

Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.

Join 114 other followers