保罗·艾克曼，美国著名心理学家、全球首席识谎专家。

1934年出生于美国华盛顿。毕业于美国芝加哥大学和纽约大学，在加州大学旧金山分校的兰利波特精神病研究所临床实习一年；1958年，获纽约市阿德菲大学博士学位；1958～1960年，任职于新泽西州迪克斯堡美国陆军参谋部；1972年，任加州大学旧金山分校心理学教授至2004年退休；1991年，获美国心理学会颁发的杰出科学贡献奖，并被列入20世纪最有影响力的前100位心理学家名单。现居住在美国加州奥克兰市。

艾克曼教授主要研究脸部表情识别、情绪与人际欺骗。他的主要著作还有《解密脸部：从脸部线索识别情绪的指导》（1975年）《说谎：发现商场上、婚姻里及政治中的欺诈》（1985年）《孩子为什么说谎》（1992年）等。

A renowned expert in nonverbal communication, Paul Ekman has led a revolution in our scientific understanding of emotions. Now he assembles his pathbreaking research and theories in a comprehensive look at human emotional life. Emotions Revealed explores the evolutionary essence of anger, sadness, fear, surprise, disgust, contempt, and happiness. Drawing on his fieldwork investigating universal facial expressions in Papua New Guinea and his analysis of the prognosis of hospital patients based on their emotional profile, Ekman shows that emotions are deeply imbedded in the human species. In the process, he answers such questions as: What triggers emotions and can we stop them? How does our body signal to others whether we are slightly sad or anguished, peeved or enraged? Can we learn to distinguish between a polite smile and the genuine thing? Unique exercises and photographs help readers identify emotions in themselves and others. Emotions Revealed is a practical, mind-opening, and potentially life-changing exploration of science and self.