{"product_id":"expressly-human-decoding-the-language-of-emotion-paperback","title":"Expressly Human: Decoding the Language of Emotion - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Changizi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTim Barber\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGood communication, conventional wisdom suggests, is calm, logical, rational. Emotions, we're told, just get in the way.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBut what if this is backwards? What if those emotional overtones are the main messages we're sending to one another\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e and all that logical language is just window dressing?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOver billions of years of evolution, animals have become increasingly sophisticated and increasingly sentient. In the process, they evolved emotions, which helped improve their odds of survival in complex situations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese emotions were, at first, purely internal. But at some point, social animals began expressing their emotions, in increasingly dramatic ways. These emotional expressions could accurately reflect internal emotions (smiling to express happiness)--or they could be quite different (smiling to cover up that you're \u003ci\u003eactually\u003c\/i\u003e furious, but can't tell your boss that). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhy did once-stone-faced animals evolve to be so emotionally expressive--to be \u003ci\u003eus\u003c\/i\u003e? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe answer, as evolutionary neurobiologist Mark Changizi and mathematician Tim Barber reveal, is that emotional expressions are our first and most important language--one that allows us, as social animals, to engage in highly sophisticated communications and negotiations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eExpressly Human\u003c\/i\u003e introduces an original theory that explains, from first principles, how the broad range of emotional expressions evolved, and provides a Rosetta Stone for human communication. It will revolutionize the way you see every social interaction, from deciding who gets the last slice of pizza to multimillion-dollar business negotiations, and change your definition of what makes us human.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Changizi\u003c\/b\u003e is a cognitive scientist, with several previous books about his research, including \u003ci\u003eVision Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHarnessed\u003c\/i\u003e. He has been a researcher and\/or professor at University College Cork, Duke University, Caltech, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTim Barber\u003c\/b\u003e earned his PhD from Princeton in mathematics and has had a long interest in diagnosing the algorithms that underlie the uniquely human capacity for reasoning. He is a serial entrepreneur with highly successful companies such as Kount and ClickBank.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9.2 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 26, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766619701536,"sku":"9781637740484","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/7c0fe5f55f6bcd170e29c74303262a0c.webp?v=1780295631","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/expressly-human-decoding-the-language-of-emotion-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}