From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Anthropology /ænθrɵˈpɒlədʒi/ is a social science that deals with the origins, physical and cultural development, biological characteristics, and social customs and beliefs of humankind. It has origins in the humanities, the natural sciences, and the social scie...

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Body language is a form of mental and physical ability of human non-verbal communication, which consists of body posture, gestures, facial expressions, and eye movements. Humans send and interpret such signals almost entirely subconsciously. James Borg states ...

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Chironomia is the art of using gesticulations or hand gestures to good effect in traditional rhetoric or oratory. Effective use of the hands, with or without the use of the voice, is a practice of great antiquity, which was developed and systematized by the Gre...

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Deaf culture describes the social beliefs, behaviors, art, literary traditions, history, values and shared institutions of communities that are affected by deafness and which use sign languages as the main means of communication. When used as a cultural label, ...

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Eye contact is a meeting of the eyes between two individuals.[1] In human beings, eye contact is a form of nonverbal communication and is thought to have a large influence on social behavior. Coined in the early to mid-1960s, the term has come in the West to o...

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A facial expression is one or more motions or positions of the muscles in the skin. These movements convey the emotional state of the individual to observers. Facial expressions are a form of nonverbal communication. They are a primary means of conveying social...

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A gesture is a form of non-verbal communication in which visible bodily actions communicate particular messages, either in place of speech or together and in parallel with spoken words. Gestures include movement of the hands, face, or other parts of the body. G...

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Research into non-human great ape language has involved teaching chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans to communicate with human beings and with each other using sign language, physical tokens, and lexigrams; see Yerkish. Some primatologists argue that...

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia International Sign (IS) (also Gestuno,[1] International Sign Language (ISL), International Sign Pidgin[2] and International Gesture (IG)[3]) is an international auxiliary language sometimes used at international meetings such as the World Federation of the Deaf...

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A microexpression is a brief, involuntary facial expression shown on the face of humans according to emotions experienced. They usually occur in high-stakes situations, where people have something to lose or gain. Unlike regular facial expressions, it is diffic...

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A mood is a relatively long lasting emotional state. Moods differ from emotions in that they are less specific, less intense, and less likely to be triggered by a particular stimulus or event.[1] Moods generally have either a positive or negative valence. In o...

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Nonverbal communication is usually understood as the process of communication through sending and receiving wordless (mostly visual) messages between people. Messages can be communicated through gestures and touch, by body language or posture, by facial express...

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In humans, posture can provide important nonverbal communication. Posture deals with: how the body is positioned in relation to another person or group of persons (e.g. leaning stance, posture, standing, sitting, etc.) and how they are positioned relative to...

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Proxemics is the study of measurable distances between people as they interact. The term was introduced by anthropologist Edward T. Hall in 1963.[1] The effects of proxemics, according to Hall, can be summarized by the following loose rule: “ Like...