The Face, Emotion, and Well-Being

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Erika L. Rosenberg, PhD offers scientifically- and practically-based training and consultation in a wide range of areas associated with the study and/or understanding of human emotion, facial expressions of emotion, and the improvement of emotional functioning through meditation. Dr. Rosenberg is an emotions researcher, educator, health psychologist, and a world renowned expert in facial expression measurement using the Facial Action Coding System (FACS). Currently, Dr. Rosenberg consults with and trains a number of academic and non-academic clients. She also served as Scientific Consultant on the TV drama Lie to Me, on Fox.

Upcoming FACS workshops

UC Berkeley, March 19-23, 2012 — REGISTRATION NOW OPEN

New Compassion Cultivation Class opens January 17, in Berkeley. Info here.

Videos:

See Erika’s presentation of the CCT program to His Holiness the Dalai Lama at Stanford University.

Watch interview with Erika Rosenberg on the meaning & cultivation of compassion

• Facial Expression Measurement (with FACS)

Consultation on the measurement, understanding, and/or representation of facial movement and facial expressions of emotion; training in measuring and observing the face using the Facial Action Coding System (FACS) by an expert in the field.

Dr. Rosenberg offers FACS training workshops and expert consultation on facial measurement in both scientific research and commercial applications.

• Emotion Research & Training

Dr. Rosenberg has extensive training and research experience in the psychology of emotion, with regard to facial expression, the measurement of emotional experience, and the role of emotion in physical health. Click here for citations to relevant research publications. Dr. Rosenberg is also available for consultation on emotion research.

• Meditation Instruction & Research

Learn how to see and be freed from habitual patterns of thinking and behaving in social contexts that can cause stress, how to let go of misery and its causes, and how to transform your emotional life. Erika Rosenberg integrates Buddhist meditation practices with key concepts and techniques from Western Psychology to help people better navigate the emotional challenges of daily life. Class information is available here.

Dr. Rosenberg has conducted research on meditation and emotion since 2000. For more information about these innovative collaborative projects, please click here.