The Social Psychology of Nonverbal Communication [Hardcover]

The Social Psychology of Nonverbal Communication gathers together leading nonverbal communication scholars from around the world to offer insight into a range of issues within the nonverbal literature with the aim to rethink current approaches to the subject.PART I: THEORETICAL 1. Nonverbal Neurology: How the Brain Encodes and Decodes Wordless Signs, Signals, and Cues; David B. Givens 2. Neuroscience of Nonverbal Communication; Milkica Nesi? and Vladimir Nesi? 3. Measuring Gestures; David B. Givens 4. Nonverbal Elements of the Voice; Mark G. Frank, Darrin J. Griffin, Elena Svetieva and Andreas Maroulis 5. The Expression and Perception of the Duchenne Smile; Sarah D. Gunnery and Judith A. Hall 6. Emotion Recognition, Fear and Nonverbal Behaviour; Aleksandra Kostic and Derek Chadee PART II: APPLIED 7. Nonverbal Firsts: When Nonverbal Cues are the Impetus of Relational and Personal Change in Romantic Relationships; Valerie Manusov, Tony Docan-Morgan and Jessica Harvey 8. Beyond Facial Expression:Spatial Distance as a Factor in the Communication of Discrete Emotions; Ross Buck and Mike Miller 9. Theoretical Foundation for Emotion-Based Strategies in Political Campaigns; Albert Mehrabian 10. The Impact of Nonverbal Behavior in the Job Interview; Denise Frauendorfer and Marianne Schmid Mast 11. Nonverbal Communication in Interaction: Psychology and Literature' Fernando Poyatos 12. Nonverbal Behavior Online: A Focus on Interactions with and via Artificial Agents and Avatars; Dennis Kuster, Eva Krumhuber and Arvid Kappas ?

'Nonverbal communication is an essential dynamic in all human relationships. We connect to others through gestures, through smiles and frowns, but often we are unaware of how much we are influenced by what is said without words. In this new volume of brilliant essays by internationally acclaimed researchers and theoreticians that is beautifully orchestrated by editors Aleksandra Kosti? and Derek Chadee, the silent world of nonverbal communication l£§