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David Matsumoto (born August 2, 1959) is an American author, psychologist and judoka. His areas of expertise include culture, emotion, facial expressions, nonverbal behavior and microexpressions. He has published over 400 articles, manuscripts, book chapters and books on these subjects. Matsumoto is a professor at San Francisco State University and also the director of Humintell "Humintell Website" Viewed on July 10, 2009. - a company that provides "unique training in the fields of facial expression of emotion, nonverbal behavior, detecting deception and cultural adaptation." In addition, he is an 8th degree black belt in judo and the founder and program advisor of the East Bay Judo Institute in El Cerrito, California. "EBJI Instructors" Viewed on July 10, 2009. He was most recently inducted into the 2021 United States Judo Federation (USJF) Hall of Fame which acknowledges outstanding judoka who have made significant contributions to the sport of judo.
Since 1989, Matsumoto has been a professor of psychology at San Francisco State University, where he received a distinguished faculty award in 2009. "SFSU Campus Memo-Academic Senate", Vol. 56, Num 36. May 18, 2009.
He is also the founder and director of the Culture and Emotion Research Laboratory (CERL) at San Francisco State.
In January 2009, Matsumoto received a $1.9 million Minerva Award research grant from the US Department of Defense to examine the role of emotions in ideologically based groups.Ninle, Elaine. "Matsumoto Study Attracts Pentagon Support", January 22, 2009. Viewed on July 10, 2009.
Most recently in 2018 Matsumoto was San Francisco State University's nominee for the Jefferson Award for Public Service. This award recognizes people who make a difference on a daily basis in their local communities without expectation of reward.
In addition to conducting extensive research, Matsumoto, Ekman and Frank created the Microexpression Training Tool (METT1), the first training tool developed to improve one's ability to read .Ekman, P., Matsumoto, D., & Frank, M. G. (2001). The Micro-Expression Training Tool, v. 1. (METT1). CD. Available at humintell.com Ekman and Matsumoto then proceeded to create a proceeding version of the training tool, METT2.Ekman, P., & Matsumoto, D. (2007). The Micro-Expression Training Tool, v. 2. (METT2). Available at humintell.com
Both Matsumoto and Ekman now have their own versions of the microexpression training tool, which is available on their websites.
In 2009, Matsumoto and Bob Willingham conducted a study examining spontaneous facial expressions in blind judo athletes. They discovered that many facial expressions are innate and not visually learned.Matsumoto, D., & Willingham, B. (2009). "Spontaneous facial expressions of emotion of blind individuals". Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 96(1), 1-10
Matsumoto says that "Spontaneously produced facial expressions of emotion of both and non-congenitally blind individuals are the same as for sighted individuals in the same emotionally evocative situations. We also see that blind athletes manage their expressions in social situations the same way sighted athletes do."
Their study received much publicity and critical acclaim, including coverage in Time magazine and on CNN.Cloud, John "How to Lift Your Mood-Try Smiling". Time. January 16, 2009. Viewed July 10, 2009.
Matsumoto has won countless awards, including the US Olympic Committee’s Coach of the Year Award for Judo in 2003. In addition to holding various positions within the United States Judo Federation and USA Judo, Matsumoto served as the head coach of the 1996 Atlanta Olympic judo team and was the team leader for the 2000 Sydney Olympic judo team.
His students have distinguished themselves by obtaining medals in national and international competition over 200 times in the past 20 years, including a silver medal at the 2000 World Junior Judo Championships by his daughter, 2008 Olympian, Sayaka Matsumoto.
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