What are Micro Expressions?

While most facial expressions last for two or three seconds, micro expressions last only a fraction of that - 1/25 of a second. They occur when people are deliberately concealing how they feel, or when people have blocked from awareness (repressed) the emotions they are experiencing. While most of us miss these valuable signs of concealed emotions, the Micro Expression Training Tool METT will enable you -- in about an hour -- to spot most of them. The facial expressions of anger, fear, sadness, disgust, contempt, surprise and happiness are universal - the same for all people.

How to get started

In about an hour you can learn to spot micro expressions - those fleeting telltales that flash across our faces. You will also learn to unmask the concealed emotions that these facial expresions represent. The current version, Micro Expression Training Tool 2.0 is the revised and improved version of METT 1.0.

Previous users of METT 1.0 include government agencies (e.g. The US Departments of State and Defense), Fortune 500 corporations, attorneys, health practitioners (Mayo Clinic), mediators, negotiators and counselors. TAKE THE FIRST STEPS to undestanding what the face can reveal.

We are currently completing programming of the METT 2.0 training -  you can email us at mettonline@paulekman.com to be placed on a notification list for when the website is ready. Please accept our apologies for this delay as we wish to ensure an excellent training product.

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Paul Ekman

Paul Ekman is the world’s leader on facial expression of emotion, the co-discoverer of micro expressions, and the inventor of the Micro Expression Training Tool (METT). He is the author, co-author or editor of 15 books; the most recent is EMOTIONS REVEALED (2007) and EMOTIONAL AWARENESS (2008, co-authored with the Dalai Lama). Ekman’s scientific articles date back fifty years: his first report on facial expression was published in 1957. He has received many awards and honors including the Research Scientist Award from the National Institute of Mental Health, honorary degrees from the University of Chicago, University of Geneva, and the University of Porto. He has won the highest recognition for scientific research given by the American Psychological Association (APA) – the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award; and the American Psychological Society (APS) -- William James Fellow. Ekman was identified as one of the 100 most influential psychologists of the 20^th century by the American Psychological Association. Ekman is a professor emeritus of psychology at the University of California, San Francisco and the President of the Paul Ekman Group (PEG) LLC.

The Ekman Advantage

METT products are on the cutting edge of behavioral science for real world applications and the result of over 50 years on innovation in the fields of facial expression, gesture, emotion, and deception. Accept no substitutes - The Ekman Group, LLC is the industry leader and only publisher of METT products.

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