Emotions are feelings. (stub)

Facial Expressions

Psychologists and famed microexpression expert Paul Ekman identify seven main emotional facial expressions:

Happiness: or enjoyment, an opening expression of pleasure.
Sadness: sorrow grief or loss, lowered and defeated energy
Fear: sense of danger, similar to surprise in its arousal, but a distinct attempt to flee or protect, fight or flight
Anger: the desire to destroy obstacles, negative outcomes to expectations. Arousal, intimidation, and preparation for physicality
Surprise: Briefest of expressions, reaction to something unexpected, opens all senses and shuts down emotional communication, replaced in seconds with the emotion(s) resulting from identification of the surprise.
Disgust: Response to a poison or toxic substance, perceived or imaginary - the facial expression and body posture of preparing to vomit.
Contempt: An asymmetry signaled solely by the mouth being pulled to one side, always indicates superiority and disdain.

Emotions