Kinesics / Proxemics

See also . . .

• Applied
• Dialectology
• Historical
• Psycholinguistics
• Sociolinguistics
• Structural

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In the News . . .

• Deaf Sign Language Users Pick Up Faster on Body Language -- EurekAlert (12 January 2012)
  
  
• Learn Language Faster with Gestures -- NewScientist (03 January 2012)
  
  
• Monkey See, Monkey Do? The Role of Mirror Neurons in Human Behavior -- EurekAlert (01 August 2011)
  
  
• Mirroring Has Many Advantages -- But Beware -- Discovery News (01 August 2011)

Kinesics

• “body language”
  
  
• the study of communication that occurs through body movements, positions, and facial expressions
  
  
• motion and gestures

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Proxemics

• the study of communication that occurs through spatial behavior
  
  
• “body language”
  
  
• using personal space

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Other Information

• Body Language Reveals Wealth -- LiveScience (10 February 2009)
  
  
• Center for Non-Verbal Studies
  
  
• Decoding Body Language -- NPR (6/28/08)
  
  
• Hidden Relationship Factors: Beyond Talking and Touching -- Live Science (04 June 2010)
  
  
• Recognition of Facial Expressions Is Not Universal -- EurekAlert (26 January 2010)
  
  
• Rich man, poor man: study shows body language can indicate socioeconomic status-- EurekAlert (04 February 2009)
  
  
• What Facial Expressions Are Really Saying -- NPR (6/19/08)

 

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