“The Varieties of Anger” by Lisa Feldman Barrett in NY Times fails to distinguish eyebrows down, object-altering anger from eyebrows up, self-altering outrage.

Dr. Barrett says, “The varieties of anger are endless…Anger is a large, diverse population of experiences and behaviors, as psychologists like myself who study emotion repeatedly discover…No single state of the face, body or brain defines anger…Perhaps you want to lash out…Other varieties of anger involve frustration and helplessness…” (1).

However, there is a way to divide anger into two basic kinds, which are tied to two basic facial expressions: 1. eyebrows down, object-altering anger, and 2. eyebrows up, self-altering outrage (2).

1. Lisa Feldman Barrett. “The Varieties of Anger.” http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/13/opinion/sunday/the-varieties-of-anger.html
2. Kenneth A. Nakdimen. “The Two Faces of Attention.” Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, 42(2), 1978, 97-118.