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 the 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

You can choose among two versions of METT - METT 2 Short, METT 2 Long, depending on how accurate you need to become-and how much time and money you want to  invest.

Every version of METT includes a Pre-Test to establish how many micro expressions you can spot without training, followed by Training, Practice, and a Post-Test that shows how much you have improved. Your purchase allows you to go through and complete the final METT test twice.

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You can learn to recognize the emotions concealed in micro expressions in under an hour. Learn what some branches of the U.S. Government, Fortune 500 companies, and Medical Professionals have already found useful in their work. If you are interested, click here and try our short demo: including a video training clip and a few practice images-it is really this easy!

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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 Currently, Ekman is a professor emeritus of psychology at the University of California, San Francisco and the President of the Paul Ekman Group (PEG).