An overview of research and theory on communication through gesture, body posture, intonation, eye contact, and facial expression. Nonverbal Communication includes interviews with Hall on interpersonal distance, Argyle on the equilibrium theory of eye contact, Rosenthal on sex differences in the perception of nonverbal behavior, Akaret on gestures and expressions in photographs, and Eibl-Eibesfeldt on biological programming. From the Social Psychology series. (Stanley Milgram, Social Psychology)
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