Nonverbal Behavior and Communication (2^nd Ed.)

First published in 1987. An attractive feature of nonverbal communication as a research area is that it has captured the interest of scholars of different disciplinary backgrounds psychologists, linguists, anthropologists, psychiatrists, and sociologists with each discipline bringing to the area its peculiar theoretical and methodological perspectives and biases. Each of these disciplines also tend to have a favorite topic or problem area within the general domain of nonverbal communication. Along with the varying yet overlapping topical concerns that the different disciplines bring to the area of nonverbal communication are major differences in methodology. The sections into which the book is divided roughly organize the chapters in terms of their concerns with the bodily structures and zones that are involved in nonverbal behavior.

Introduction PART I: A NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE 1. Parliamentary Procedure and the Brain PART II: BODY MOVEMENT 2. The Role of Body Movement in Communication 3. On Gesture: Its Complementary Relationship With Speech 4. Movement in Human Interaction: Description, Parameter Formation and Analysis PART III: FACIAL AND VISUAL BEHAVIOR 5. Facial Expressions of Emotion 6. Social Visual Interaction: A Conceptual and Literature Review 7. Pupillary Behavior in Communication PART IV: VOCAL BEHAVIOR 8. The Telltale Voice: Nonverbal Messages of Verbal Communication 9. A Chronography of Conversation: In Defense of an Objective Approach 10. Grouptalk; Sound and Silence in Group Conversation PART V: FUNCTIONAL PERSPECTIVES 11. A Functional Analysis of Space in Social Interaction 12. Conversational Control Functions of Nonverbal Behavior

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Aron W. Siegman, Stanley Feldstein both University of Maryland Baltimore County