Description |
viii, 309 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Note |
Chiefly papers presented at a conference held at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF), Bielefeld, Germany, March 1992. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
Contents |
Nonnverbal communication: crossing the boundary between culture and nature / Ullica Segerstrale and Peter Molnar -- Universal facial expressions of emotion: an old controversy and new findings / Paul Ekman and Dacher Keltner -- Psychophysiological reactions to facial expressions / Ulf Dimberg -- Universals in interpersonal interactions / Wulf Schiefenhovel -- Preverbal communication in humans and the genesis of culture / Hanus Papousek and Mechthild Papousek -- Development of emotions and their expression in task-oriented situations in infants and preschool children / Klaus Schneider. |
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Nonverbal communication in nonhuman primates: implications for the emergence of culture / Stephen J. Suomi -- Communication signals of animals: contributions of emotion and reference / Peter Marler and Christopher S. Evans -- Social function of "smile" and "laughter": variations across primate species and societies / Signe Preuschoft and Jan A.R.A.M. van Hooff -- Primate communication and the ecology of a language niche / Alexandra Maryanski -- Evolution of emotions: the nonverbal basis of human social organization / Jonathan H. Turner -- Nonverbal communication and culture / Walter Goldschmidt. |
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Posture as an interface between biology and culture / Michel Heller -- Sign language and gestures in medieval Europe: monasteries, courts of justice, and society / August Nitschke -- Nonverbal communication and the emergence of moral sentiments / Robert Frank. |
Subject |
Body language
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Nonverbal communication.
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Psychology, Comparative.
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Added Author |
Segerstrale, Ullica Christina Olofsdotter.
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Molnar, P., 1942-
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ISBN |
0805821791 (alk. paper) |
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