Talk:Freitas-Magalhaes
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[edit] About References
References should be inserted to verify the facts claimed in the text. Simply naming a source or an institute and giving its web page does not constitute a valid reference if it does not verify the text (e.g. even mention the person's name). --Triwbe (talk) 19:11, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Trimming needed
The biography is full of weasel words, biased info and trivial details. Now it reads:
Freitas-Magalhães, A. (1966-) was born in Fornelos, North of Portugal. His work has been the focus of many print, radio, and television appearances (e.g. Folha de São Paulo, Brazil)[1]. He provides training in conjunction with Paul Ekman in detecting deception and evaluating truthfulness. He is currently consultant to Ekman Group (USA). He is the author of the book "The Psychology of Human Smile"[2]. Since 2006 he is Professor of Psychology of Emotions, Psychology and Law, Applied Psychology and Experimental Psychology at University Fernando Pessoa(UFP). He is a founder and currently director of Facial Emotion Expression Lab (FEELab)at University Fernando Pessoa Health School. He is a fellow of the International Society for Research on Emotions (ISRE), the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) and of the International Society for Facial Expression (ISFE). Freitas-Magalhães is the author of F-M Portuguese Face Database (F-MPF, 2003) [3], F-M Emotional Intelligence Scale] (F-MEIS, 2004) [4] and Smile Perception Scale] (SPS, 2003) [5], unique in the world (Ph.D. Thesis, 2003). Faculty member and Director of Facial Emotion Expression Lab (FEELab), at UFP, Prof. Freitas-Magalhães has also written several books, his studies focusing on the recognition from basic emotions, particularly the smile. He was the President of Portuguese Youth Writers Association (AJEP, Lisbon, 1990-1994) and is a member of several Portuguese and foreign institutions in the scientific and literary domains. He was founder of National Front for the Defense of Culture (Lisbon, 1992) with José Saramago (Literature Nobel Prize, 1998), Natália Correia, Urbano Tavares Rodrigues e David Mourão-Ferreira. He lives in Oporto, North of Portugal, with is wife Ana, and his son, Gonçalo. His personal interests include international travel, photography, poetry, web design and simply to observe the face world.
After editing I come to this (and I think there are still too many details there - like author of a book - that is practically part of his job)
Freitas-Magalhães, A. (1966-) was born in Fornelos, North of Portugal. His work has received media attention.[6]. He provides training with Paul Ekman in detecting deception and evaluating truthfulness, and currently consultant to the Ekman Group (USA). He is the author of the book "The Psychology of Human Smile"[7]. Since 2006 he is Professor of Psychology of Emotions, Psychology and Law, Applied Psychology and Experimental Psychology at University Fernando Pessoa(UFP). He is a founder and currently director of Facial Emotion Expression Lab (FEELab)at that university. He is fellow of several international scientific societies, as well as being member of several literary societies. His studies focuss on the recognition from basic emotions, particularly the smile. He founded of National Front for the Defense of Culture (Lisbon, 1992) with among others José Saramago. He lives in Oporto with is wife Ana, and his son, Gonçalo.
So what do you think. trimming in place? Arnoutf (talk) 20:04, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Notability
What is so notable of this person above and beyond any normal university professor; they all write books, appear on television, publish articles (>100 peer reviewed articles is not exceptional for a professor; this guy seems to have to add conf proceedings and reports to achieve 100). The only claim to notability beyond his normal job profile is being mentioned professor of the year by a commercial biographical information publisher International Biographical Centre; which has dozens of such awards every year. (not wanting to doubt good faith I think it is striking the original article was put up by an editor named feelab1, which happens to be the name of the lab this professor founded and is director of; which makes me wonder about potential conflict of interest of the original creator of the article). Arnoutf (talk) 19:50, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
