1. Nonverbal communication is usually understood as the process of communication through
sending and receiving wordless (mostly visual) cues between people.
Messages can be communicated through gestures and touch, by body language or posture, by
facial expression and eye contact, which are all considered types of nonverbal communication.
Speech contains nonverbal elements known as paralanguage, including voice quality, rate, pitch,
volume, and speaking style, as well prosodic features such as rhythm, intonation, and stress.
Likewise, written texts have nonverbal elements such as handwriting style, spatial arrangement
of words, or the physical layout of a page. However, much of the study of nonverbal
communication has focused on face-to-face interaction, where it can be classified into three
principal areas: environmental conditions where communication takes place, physical
characteristics of the communicators, and behaviors of communicators during interaction.
Contents
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1 Importance
2 History
3 First impression
4 Posture
5 Clothing
6 Gestures
7 Engagement
8 Across cultures
o 8.1 Indigenous communities
o 8.2 Nonverbal actions
9 Genetics
10 Proxemics
11 Movement and body position
o 11.1 Kinesics
o 11.2 Haptics: touching in communication
12 Functions of nonverbal communication
o 12.1 Criticism
o 12.2 Interaction of verbal and nonverbal communication
 12.2.1 Complementing
 12.2.2 Substituting
13 Clinical studies of nonverbal communication
o 13.1 Child comprehension
o 13.2 Comprehension of nonverbal facial cues
14 See also
15 Footnotes
16 References
17 External links

2. [edit] Importance
SymbolTable for Non-verbal communication with patients
Nonverbal communication represents two-thirds of all communication.[1] Nonverbal
communication can portray a message both verbally and with the correct body signals. Body
signals comprise physical features, conscious and unconscious gestures and signals, and the
mediation of personal space.[1] The wrong message can be established if the body language
conveyed does not match a verbal message. Nonverbal communication strengthens a first
impression in common situations like attracting a partner or in a business interview: impressions
are on average formed within the first four seconds of contact.[1] First encounters or interactions
with another person strongly affect a person's perception.[2] When the other person or group is
absorbing the message they are focused on the entire environment around them, meaning the
other person uses all five senses in the interaction: 83% sight, 11% hearing, 3% smell, 2% touch
and 1% taste.[3]
[edit] History
The first scientific study of nonverbal communication was Charles Darwin's book The
Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals.[3] He argued that all mammals reliably show
emotion in their faces. Seventy years later Silvan Tomkins (1911–1991) began his classic studies
on human emotions in Affects Imagery Consciousness volumes 1-4. Rudolf Laban (1879–1958)
and Warren Lamb (1923-) raised body movement analysis in the world of dance to a high level.
Studies now range across a number of fields, including, linguistics, semiotics and social
psychology. Another large influence in nonverbal communication was Ray Birdwhistell, who
"pioneered the original study of nonverbal communication—what he called 'kinesics.' He
estimated that the average person actually speaks words for a total of about ten or eleven minutes
a day and that the average sentence takes only about 2.5 seconds. Birdwhistell also estimated we
can make and recognize around 250,000 facial expressions."[3]
[edit] First impression
Main article: First impression (psychology)

3. A study revealed that students who rated a professor as highly likeable from only a two-second
first impression found the class much more enjoyable throughout the semester versus the
students who did not."[1]
[edit] Posture
There are many different types of posture, including slouching, towering, legs spread, jaw thrust,
shoulders forward, and arm crossing. Posture or a person's bodily stance communicates a variety
of messages. Posture can be used to determine a participant's degree of attention or involvement,
the difference in status between communicators, and the level of fondness a person has for the
other communicator, depending on body "openness".[4] Studies investigating the impact of
posture on interpersonal relationships suggest that mirror-image congruent postures, where one
person's left side is parallel to the other person's right side, leads to favorable perception of
communicators and positive speech; a person who displays a forward lean or decreases a
backward lean also signifies positive sentiment during communication.[5]
Posture can be situation-relative, that is, people will change their posture depending on the
situation they are in.[6]
[edit] Clothing
Clothing is one of the most common forms of non-verbal communication. The study of clothing
and other objects as a means of non-verbal communication is known as artifactics[7] or
objectics.[8] The types of clothing that an individual wears convey nonverbal clues about his or
her personality, background and financial status, and how others will respond to them.[3] An
individual's clothing style can demonstrate their culture, mood, level of confidence, interests,
age, authority, value/beliefs, and their sexual identity.
A study, carried out in Vienna, Austria, of the clothing worn by women attending discothèques
showed that in certain groups of women (especially women who were without their partners),
motivation for sex and levels of sexual hormones were correlated with aspects of their clothing,
especially the amount of skin displayed and the presence of sheer clothing.[9]
[edit] Gestures
Gestures may be made with the hands, arms or body, and also include movements of the head,
face and eyes, such as winking, nodding, or rolling one's eyes. Although the study of gesture is
still in its infancy, some broad categories of gestures have been identified by researchers. The
most familiar are the so-called emblems or quotable gestures. These are conventional, culture-
specific gestures that can be used as replacement for words, such as the hand wave used in
western cultures for "hello" and "goodbye." A single emblematic gesture can have a very
different significance in different cultural contexts, ranging from complimentary to highly
offensive.[10] For a list of emblematic gestures, see List of gestures. There are some universal
gestures like the shoulder shrug.[3]

4. Gestures can also be categorized as either speech independent or speech related. Speech-
independent gestures are dependent upon culturally accepted interpretation and have a direct
verbal translation.[4] A wave or a peace sign are examples of speech-independent gestures.
Speech-related gestures are used in parallel with verbal speech; this form of nonverbal
communication is used to emphasize the message that is being communicated. Speech-related
gestures are intended to provide supplemental information to a verbal message such as pointing
to an object of discussion.
Facial expressions, more than anything, serve as a practical means of communication. With all
the various muscles that precisely control mouth, lips, eyes, nose, forehead,and jaw, human faces
are estimated to be capable of more than ten thousand different expressions. This versatility
makes non-verbals of the face extremely efficient and honest, unless deliberately manipulated. In
addition, many of these emotions, including happiness, sadness, anger, fear, surprise, disgust,
shame, anguish and interest are universally recognized.[11]
Displays of emotions can generally be categorized into two groups: negative and positive.
Negative emotions usually manifest as increased tension in various muscle groups: tightening of
jaw muscles, furrowing of forehead, squinting eyes, or lip occlusion (when the lips seemingly
disappear). In contrast, positive emotions are revealed by the loosening of the furrowed lines on
the forehead, relaxation of the muscles around the mouth, and widening of the eye area. When
individuals are truly relaxed and at ease, the head will also tilt to the side, exposing our most
vulnerable area, the neck. This is a high-comfort display, often seen during courtship, that is
nearly impossible to mimic when tense or suspicious.[12]
[edit] Engagement

5. Information about the relationship and affect of these two skaters is communicated by their body
posture, eye gaze and physical contact.
Eye contact is when two people look at each other's eyes at the same time; it is the primary
nonverbal way we indicate engagement, interest, attention, and involvement. Studies have found
that people use their eyes to indicate their interest and not just with the frequently recognized
actions of winking and movements of the eyebrows, but it can indicate social behavior.
Men and women have different ways of eye contact. Men stare at the women they are interested
in, whereas women tend to always keep their eyes roaming around the room to see who is there.
Disinterest is highly noticeable when showing little eye contact in a social setting. Pupils dilate
when they are interested in the other person. People, sometimes, even, without consciously doing
so, probe each other's eyes and faces for positive or negative mood signs. Generally speaking,
the longer the eye contact between two people the greater the intimacy is felt inside[1]
According to Eckman, "Eye contact (also called mutual gaze) is another major channel of
nonverbal communication. The duration of eye contact is its most meaningful aspect."[13] Gaze
comprises the actions of looking while talking and listening. The length of a gaze, the frequency
of glances, patterns of fixation, pupil dilation, and blink rate are all important cues in nonverbal
communication.[14] "Liking generally increases as mutual gazing increases."[1] Along with the
detection of disinterest, deceit can also be observed in a person. Hogan states "when someone is
being deceptive their eyes tend to blink a lot more. Eyes act as leading indicator of truth or
deception,"[1] Eye aversion is the avoidance of eye contact. Eye contact and facial expressions
provide important social and emotional information. Overall, as Pease states, "Give the amount
of eye contact that makes everyone feel comfortable. Unless looking at others is a cultural no-no,
lookers gain more credibility than non-lookers"[3]
In concealing deception, nonverbal communication makes it easier to lie without being revealed.
This is the conclusion of a study where people watched made-up interviews of persons accused
of having stolen a wallet. The interviewees lied in about 50% of the cases. People had access to
either written transcript of the interviews, or audio tape recordings, or video recordings. The
more clues that were available to those watching, the larger was the trend that interviewees who
actually lied were judged to be truthful. That is, people that are clever at lying can use voice tone
and face expression to give the impression that they are truthful.[15] However, there are many
cited examples of cues to deceit, delivered via nonverbal (Para verbal and visual) communication
channels, through which deceivers supposedly unwittingly provide clues to their concealed
knowledge or actual opinions.[16] Most studies examining the nonverbal cues to deceit rely upon
human coding of video footage (c.f. Vrij, 2008[17]), although a recent study also demonstrated
bodily movement differences between truth-tellers and liars using an automated body motion
capture system.[18]
[edit] Across cultures
Nonverbal communication can have different meanings according to different cultures.
Foreigners may even be confused about universal emotions. "In many cultures, such as the Arab
and Iranian cultures, people express grief openly. They mourn out loud, while in Asian cultures,

6. the general belief is that it is unacceptable to show emotion openly."[19] Gestures, postures,
haptics, clothing, eye contact and proxemics all can be understood differently across the world.
One common example in the United States, is the gesture of a finger or hand to indicate "come
here please". This is the gesture used to beckon dogs in some cultures. Pointing with one finger
is also considered to be rude in some cultures and Asians typically use their entire hand to point
to something.[20]
In mainstream Western culture, eye contact is interpreted as attentiveness and honesty. In many
cultures, however, including Hispanic, Asian, Middle Eastern, and Native American, eye contact
is thought to be disrespectful or rude, and lack of eye contact does not mean that a person is not
paying attention. Women may especially avoid eye contact with men because it can be taken as a
sign of sexual interest.[21]
The acceptable physical distance is another major difference in the nonverbal communication
between cultures. In Latin America and the Middle East the acceptable distance is much shorter
than what most Europeans and Americans feel comfortable with. This is why an American or a
European might wonder why the other person is invading his or her personal space by standing
so close, while the other person might wonder why the American/European is standing so far
from him or her.[22]
[edit] Indigenous communities
In Indigenous Mayan communities of the Americas, children learn how to partake in adult
activities through nonverbal communication. Children are able to learn in this manner due to
their exposure to adult activities at a young age. At a young age, children intently observe and
listen in on adult activities, and this helps provide them with a running knowledge on how to
participate. As a result, when children take on adult activities for themselves the first time they
do not need verbal communication in the form of directions from adults.[23] They can learn how
to do the adult activity themselves through physically participating in it. In fact, talk acts only as
a supplement to engagement in an activity. For instance, when a child engages in adult activities,
spoken communication can be used to explore ideas or discuss need-to-know information.
Otherwise, caregivers and adults primarily help guide their children through an activity using
non-verbal communication such as visual demonstration, gestures, gaze and touch.[24]
In Indigenous Mayan communities, when a child needs assistance adults will primarily use
illustrative acts in the form of nonverbal communication to guide the child in a successful
direction for the activity. For example, a Mayan parent could demonstrate to their child how to
hold dough in a manner which allows for smooth flattening when making tortillas. In effect,
when the child sees that the dough was flattened from the demonstration, they could try it for
themselves and learn first hand how to make it flat. In that sense, by observing a nonverbal
demonstration of the activity and trying it firsthand, Mayan children learn how to participate in
adult activities.[25]
Nonverbal communication is important as a way of learning for children of Indigenous Mayan
communities, because it allows for children's autonomy and for horizontal collaboration. Mayan

7. parents do not need to give lots of forceful verbal directives to their children to make sure they
are participating effectively. Instead, parents collaborate non verbally with their children to guide
them through the activity, and doing so is enough to ensure children do the activity successfully.
By communicating nonverbally, parents allow their children to have more individual
development during their participation in adult activities.[25] Furthermore, by having nonverbal
collaboration, children benefit from the assistance of people who are skillful at the adult practice.
The result is that on top of their initial knowledge of adult activities, children's understanding can
be further be strengthened through the nonverbal guidance from adult expertise.[25]
[edit] Nonverbal actions
According to Matsumoto and Juang, the nonverbal motions that different people indicate
important channels of communication. The author states that nonverbal communication is very
important to be aware of, especially if comparing gestures, gaze, and tone of voice amongst
different cultures. As Latin American cultures embrace big speech gestures, Middle Eastern
cultures are relatively more modest in public and are not expressive. Within cultures, different
rules are made about staring or gazing. In some cultures, gaze can be seen as a sign of respect.
Voice is a category that changes within cultures. Depending on whether or not the cultures is
expressive or non expressive, many variants of the voice can depict different reactions.[26]
[edit] Genetics
"In the study of nonverbal communications, the limbic brain is where the action is...because it is
the part of the brain that reacts to the world around us reflexively and instantaneously, in real
time, and without thought."[27] There is evidence that the nonverbal cues made from person-to-
person do not entirely have something to do with environment.[3]
Other than gestures, phenotypic traits can also convey certain messages in nonverbal
communication, for instance, eye color, hair color and height. Research into height has generally
found that taller people are perceived as being more impressive. Melamed and Bozionelos (1992)
studied a sample of managers in the United Kingdom and found that height was a key factor in
who was promoted. Height can have benefits and depressors too. "While tall people often
command more respect than short people, height can also be detrimental to some aspects of one-
to-one communication, for instance, where you need to 'talk on the same level' or have an 'eye-
to-eye' discussion with another person and do not want to be perceived as too big for your
boots."[3]
[edit] Proxemics
Proxemics is the study of how people use and perceive the physical space around them. The
space between the sender and the receiver of a message influences the way the message is
interpreted. In addition, the perception and use of space varies significantly across cultures[28]
and different settings within cultures. Space in nonverbal communication may be divided into
four main categories: intimate, social, personal, and public space.

8. The term territoriality is used in the study of proxemics to explain human behavior regarding
personal space.[29] Hargie & Dickson (2004, p. 69) identify 4 such territories:
1. Primary territory: This refers to an area that is associated with someone who has
exclusive use of it. An example is a house that others cannot enter without the owner's
permission.
2. Secondary territory: Unlike primary territory, there is no "right" to occupancy of
secondary territory, but people may still feel some degree of ownership of such space as
they develop the custom of occupying it. For example, someone may sit in the same seat
in church every week and feel irritated if someone else sits there.
3. Public territory: this refers to an area that is available to all, but only for a set period, such
as a parking space or a seat in a library. Although people have only a limited claim over
that space, they often extend that claim. For example, it was found that people take longer
to leave a parking space when someone is waiting to take that space.
4. Interaction territory: this is space held by others when they are interacting. For example,
when a group is talking to each other on a footpath, others will walk around the group
rather than disturb their interaction territory.
[edit] Movement and body position
[edit] Kinesics
The term "kinesics" was first used (in 1952) by Ray Birdwhistell, an anthropologist who wished
to study how people communicate through posture, gesture, stance, and movement. Part of
Birdwhistell's work involved making films of people in social situations and analyzing them to
show different levels of communication not clearly seen otherwise. Several other
anthropologists, including Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson, also studied kinesics.
[edit] Haptics: touching in communication
Main article: Haptic communication
A high five is an example of communicative touch.

9. Haptics is the study of touching as nonverbal communication, and haptic communication refers
to how people and other animals communicate via touching.
Touches among humans that can be defined as communication include handshakes, holding
hands, kissing (cheek, lips, hand), back slapping, high fives, a pat on the shoulder, and brushing
an arm. Touching of oneself may include licking, picking, holding, and scratching.[4] These
behaviors are referred to as "adapters" or "tells" and may send messages that reveal the intentions
or feelings of a communicator and a listener. The meaning conveyed from touch is highly
dependent upon the culture, the context of the situation, the relationship between communicators,
and the manner of touch.[30]
Touch is an extremely important sense for humans; as well as providing information about
surfaces and textures it is a component of nonverbal communication in interpersonal
relationships, and vital in conveying physical intimacy. It can be both sexual (such as kissing)
and platonic (such as hugging or tickling).
Touch is the earliest sense to develop in the fetus. Human babies have been observed to have
enormous difficulty surviving if they do not possess a sense of touch, even if they retain sight
and hearing. Babies who can perceive through touch, even without sight and hearing, tend to fare
much better.
In chimpanzees the sense of touch is highly developed. As newborns they see and hear poorly
but cling strongly to their mothers. Harry Harlow conducted a controversial study involving
rhesus monkeys and observed that monkeys reared with a "terry cloth mother," a wire feeding
apparatus wrapped in soft terry cloth that provided a level of tactile stimulation and comfort,
were considerably more emotionally stable as adults than those with a mere wire
mother.(Harlow,1958)
Touching is treated differently from one country to another and socially acceptable levels of
touching vary from one culture to another (Remland, 2009). In Thai culture, for example,
touching someone's head may be thought rude. Remland and Jones (1995) studied groups of
people communicating and found that touching was rare among the English (8%), the French
(5%) and the Dutch (4%) compared to Italians (14%) and Greeks (12.5%).[31] Striking, pushing,
pulling, pinching, kicking, strangling and hand-to-hand fighting are forms of touch in the context
of physical abuse.
[edit] Functions of nonverbal communication
Argyle (1970)[32] put forward the hypothesis that whereas spoken language is normally used for
communicating information about events external to the speakers, non-verbal codes are used to
establish and maintain interpersonal relationships. It is considered more polite or nicer to
communicate attitudes towards others non-verbally rather than verbally, for instance in order to
avoid embarrassing situations.[33]
Argyle (1988) concluded there are five primary functions of nonverbal bodily behavior in human
communication:[34]

10. Express emotions
Express interpersonal attitudes
To accompany speech in managing the cues of interaction between speakers and listeners
Self-presentation of one's personality
Rituals (greetings)
In regards to expressing interpersonal attitudes, humans communicate interpersonal closeness
through a series of nonverbal actions known as immediacy behaviors. Examples of immediacy
behaviors are smiling, touching, open body positions, and eye contact. Cultures that display these
immediacy behaviors are considered high-contact cultures.
[edit] Criticism
An interesting question is: When two people are communicating face-to-face, how much of the
meaning is communicated verbally, and how much is communicated non-verbally? This was
investigated by Albert Mehrabian and reported in two papers.[35][36] The latter paper concluded:
"It is suggested that the combined effect of simultaneous verbal, vocal, and facial attitude
communications is a weighted sum of their independent effects - with coefficients of .07, .38,
and .55, respectively."
Since then, other studies have analysed the relative contribution of verbal and nonverbal signals
under more naturalistic situations. Argyle,[32] using video tapes shown to the subjects, analysed
the communication of submissive/dominant attitude and found that non-verbal cues had 4.3
times the effect of verbal cues. The most important effect was that body posture communicated
superior status in a very efficient way. On the other hand, a study by Hsee et al.[37] had subjects
judge a person on the dimension happy/sad and found that words spoken with minimal variation
in intonation had an impact about 4 times larger than face expressions seen in a film without
sound. Thus, the relative importance of spoken words and facial expressions may be very
different in studies using different set-ups.
[edit] Interaction of verbal and nonverbal communication
When communicating, nonverbal messages can interact with verbal messages in six ways:
repeating, conflicting, complementing, substituting, regulating and accenting/moderating.
Conflicting Verbal and nonverbal messages within the same interaction can sometimes send
opposing or conflicting messages. A person verbally expressing a statement of truth while
simultaneously fidgeting or avoiding eye contact may convey a mixed message to the receiver in
the interaction. Conflicting messages may occur for a variety of reasons often stemming from
feelings of uncertainty, ambivalence, or frustration.[23]When mixed messages occur, nonverbal
communication becomes the primary tool people use to attain additional information to clarify
the situation; great attention is placed on bodily movements and positioning when people
perceive mixed messages during interactions
[edit] Complementing

11. Accurate interpretation of messages is made easier when nonverbal and verbal communication
complement each other. Nonverbal cues can be used to elaborate on verbal messages to reinforce
the information sent when trying to achieve communicative goals; messages have been shown to
be remembered better when nonverbal signals affirm the verbal exchange.[38]
[edit] Substituting
Nonverbal behavior is sometimes used as the sole channel for communication of a message.
People learn to identify facial expressions, body movements, and body positioning as
corresponding with specific feelings and intentions. Nonverbal signals can be used without
verbal communication to convey messages; when nonverbal behavior does not effectively
communicate a message, verbal methods are used to enhance understanding.[39]
[edit] Clinical studies of nonverbal communication
From 1977 to 2004, the influence of disease and drugs on receptivity of nonverbal
communication was studied by teams at three separate medical schools using a similar
paradigm.[40] Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh, Yale University and Ohio State
University had subjects observe gamblers at a slot machine awaiting payoffs. The amount of this
payoff was read by nonverbal transmission prior to reinforcement. This technique was developed
by and the studies directed by psychologist, Dr. Robert E. Miller and psychiatrist, Dr. A. James
Giannini. These groups reported diminished receptive ability in heroin addicts[41] and
phencyclidine abusers[42] was contrasted with increased receptivity in cocaine addicts. Men with
major depression[43] manifested significantly decreased ability to read nonverbal cues when
compared with euthymic men.
In some subjects tested for ability to read nonverbal cues, intuitive paradigms were apparently
employed while in others a cause and effect approach was used.[44] Subjects in the former group
answered quickly and before reinforcement occurred. They could not give a rationale for their
particular responses. Subjects in the latter category delayed their response and could offer
reasons for their choice.The level of accuracy between the two groups did not vary nor did
handedness.[45]
Freitas-Magalhaes studied the effect of smile in the treatment of depression and concluded that
depressive states decrease when you smile more often.[46]
Obese women[47] and women with premenstrual syndrome[48] were found to also possess
diminished abilities to read these cues. In contradistinction, men with bipolar disorder possessed
increased abilities.[49] A woman with total paralysis of the nerves of facial expression was found
unable to transmit or receive any nonverbal facial cues whatsoever.[50] Because of the changes in
levels of accuracy on the levels of nonverbal receptivity, the members of the research team
hypothesized a biochemical site in the brain which was operative for reception of nonverbal
cues. Because certain drugs enhanced ability while others diminished it, the neurotransmitters
dopamine and endorphin were considered to be likely etiological candidate. Based on the
available data, however, the primary cause and primary effect could not be sorted out on the
basis of the paradigm employed.[51]

12. [edit] Child comprehension
An increased emphasis on gestures exists when intonations or facial expression are used.
"Speakers often anticipate how recipients will interpret their utterances. If they wish some other,
less obvious interpretation, they may "mark" their utterance (e.g. with special intonations or
facial expressions)."[52] This specific emphasis known as 'marking' can be spotted as a learned
form of non-verbal communication in toddlers. A groundbreaking study, from the Journal of
Child Language has concluded that the act of marking a gesture is recognized by three-year-olds,
but not by two-year-olds.
In the study, two and three-year-old toddlers were tested on their recognition of markedness
within gestures. The experiment was conducted in a room with an examiner and the test subjects,
which for the first study were three-year-olds. The examiner sat across from each child
individually, and allowed them to play with various objects including a purse with a sponge in it
and a box with a sponge in it. After allowing the child to play with the objects for three minutes,
the examiner told the child it was time to clean up and motioned by pointing to the objects. They
measured the responses of the children by first pointing and not marking the gesture, to see the
child's reaction to the request and if they reached for the objects to clean them up. After
observing the child's response, the examiner then asked and pointed again, marking the gesture
with facial expression, as to lead the child to believe the objects were supposed to be cleaned up.
The results showed that three-year-old children were able to recognize the markedness, by
responding to the gesture and cleaning the objects up as opposed to when the gesture was
presented without being marked.
In the second study in which the same experiment was preformed on two-year-olds, the results
were different. For the most part, the children did not recognize the difference between the
marked and unmarked gesture by not responding more prevalently to the marked gesture, unlike
the results of the three-year-olds. This shows that this sort of nonverbal communication is
learned at a young age, and is better recognized in three-year-old children than two-year-old
children, making it easier for us to interpret that the ability to recognize markedness is learned in
the early stages of development, somewhere between three and four years of age.
Boone and Cunningham conducted a study[53] to determine at which age children begin to
recognize emotional meaning (happiness, sadness, anger and fear) in expressive body
movements. The study included 29 adults and 79 children divided into age groups of four, five
and eight year olds. The children were shows two clips simultaneously and were asked to point
to the one that was expressing the target emotion. The results of the study revealed that of the
four emotions being tested the 4-year-olds were only able to correctly identify sadness at a rate
that was better than chance. The 5-year-olds performed better and were able to identify
happiness, sadness and fear at better than chance levels. The 8-year-olds and adults could
correctly identify all four emotions and there was very little difference between the scores of the
two groups. Between the ages of 4 and 8 nonverbal communication and decoding skills improve
dramatically.
[edit] Comprehension of nonverbal facial cues

13. A byproduct of the work of the Pittsburgh/Yale/ Ohio State team was an investigation of the role
of nonverbal facial cues in heterosexual nondate rape. Males who were serial rapists of adult
women were studied for nonverbal receptive abilities. Their scores were the highest of any
subgroup.[54] Rape victims were next tested. It was reported that women who had been raped on
at least two occasions by different perpetrators had a highly significant impairment in their
abilities to read these cues in either male or female senders.[55] These results were troubling,
indicating a predator-prey model. The authors did note that whatever the nature of these
preliminary findings the responsibility of the rapist was in no manner or level, diminished.
The final target of study for this group was the medical students they taught. Medical students at
Ohio State University, Ohio University and Northest Ohio Medical College were invited to serve
as subjects. Students indicating a preference for the specialties of family practice, psychiatry,
pediatrics and obstetrics-gynecology achieved significantly higher levels of accuracy than those
students who planned to train as surgeons, radiologists, or pathologists. Internal medicine and
plastic surgery candidates scored at levels near the mean.[56]
[edit] See also
Asemic writing
Behavioral communication
Chinese number gestures
Desmond Morris
Doctrine of mental reservation
Forgetfulness
Intercultural competence
Albert Mehrabian
Metacommunicative competence
Microexpression
Joe Navarro
Neuro-linguistic programming
Nunchi
People skills
Regulatory Focus Theory
Semiotics
Ishin-denshin
Silent service code
The Twilight Language
Unconscious communication
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Pelican Publishing Company.
2. ^ Demarais,A., White, V. (2004). First Impressions. New York, NY: BanTam Books.
3. ^ a b c d e f g h Pease B., Pease A. (2004). The Definitive Book of Body Language. New York, NY: Bantam
Books.

14. 4. ^ a b c Knapp & Hall, 2007, p. 9
5. ^ Bull, P.E. (1987). Posture and gesture. Oxford: Pergamon Press. ISBN 0-08-031332-9.
6. ^ FFast, J. (1970). Body Language- The Essential Secrets of Non-verbal Communication. New York,NY:
MJF Book.
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[edit] External links
"Credibility, Respect, and Power: Sending the Right Nonverbal Signals" by Debra Stein
Online Nonverbal Library with more than 500 free available articles on this topic.
The Nonverbal Dictionary of Gestures, Signs & Body Language Cues by David B.
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"Psychology Today Nonverbal Communication Blog posts" by Joe Navarro
"NVC Portal - A useful portal providing information on Nonverbal Communication"
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