ABSTRACT
Every day, the human awakes to a new world, a new dawn and a new cascade of nonverbal communication. It may be the pleasant scent of a rose, the soft touch of a loved one, the sight of sun rays on a bedroom floor or the excited chatter of a child. Whatever form it takes, your environment and all who inhabit it send nonverbal signals all day long – even while they sleep.
The Routledge Dictionary of Nonverbal Communication celebrates this communication, examining a very wide selection of nonverbal behaviors, actions and signals to provide the reader with an informed insight on the world around them and its messages. Compiled in the form of a dictionary, the book is presented as a series of chapters with alphabetical entries, ranging from attractiveness to zeitgeist. The book aims to provide the reader with a clear understanding of some of the relevant discourse on particular topics while also making it practical and easy to read. It draws on a wide selection of discourse from fields such as neuroscience, psychology, anthropology and psychiatry.
The dictionary will be an essential companion for anyone wishing to understand nonverbal communication. It will also be especially useful for those working in the field of nonverbal communication.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
letter 1A|24 pages
entry |1 pages
Accent
entry |1 pages
Actions
entry |1 pages
Action units
entry |1 pages
Adam’s-apple jump
entry |1 pages
Affect
entry |1 pages
Affect blend
entry |1 pages
Affective blindness
entry |1 pages
Affective Communication Test (ACT)
entry |1 pages
Afferent cue
entry |1 pages
Affiliative cue
entry |1 pages
Agnosia
entry |1 pages
Akinesia
entry |1 pages
Alexithymia
entry |1 pages
Alley
entry |1 pages
Amphibian brain
entry |1 pages
Amygdala
entry |1 pages
Anatomical position
entry |1 pages
Anger
entry |1 pages
Angular distance
entry |1 pages
Animal sign
entry |1 pages
Antigravity sign
entry |1 pages
Antithesis
entry |1 pages
Apocrine odor
entry |1 pages
Apraxia
entry |1 pages
Aquatic brain and spinal cord
entry |1 pages
Arm-cross
entry |1 pages
Arm-show
entry |1 pages
Arm-swing
entry |1 pages
Arm wear
entry |1 pages
Arousal-labeling theory
entry |1 pages
Aroma cue
entry |1 pages
Arpege®
entry |1 pages
Art cue
entry |1 pages
Artifact
entry |1 pages
Artificial intelligence
entry |1 pages
Askance
entry |1 pages
Associated habits
entry |1 pages
Asymmetrical tonic neck reflex
entry |1 pages
Attire
entry |1 pages
Attractiveness
entry |1 pages
Autism
entry |1 pages
Aversive cue
letter 25B|20 pages
entry |1 pages
Backchannel responses
entry |1 pages
Balance cue
entry |1 pages
Barbie doll®
entry |1 pages
Baseline demeanor
entry |1 pages
Basic emotion theory
entry |1 pages
Baton-twirl
entry |1 pages
Bat-Signal®
entry |1 pages
Bauhaus
entry |1 pages
Beats
entry |1 pages
Bend-away
entry |1 pages
Beep
entry |1 pages
Big Mac®
entry |1 pages
Bite
entry |1 pages
Blank face
entry |1 pages
Blackface
entry |1 pages
Blindness
entry |1 pages
Blink
entry |1 pages
Body action and posture coding system
entry |1 pages
Blue jeans
entry |1 pages
Body adornment
entry |1 pages
Body orientation
entry |1 pages
Boot
entry |1 pages
Bow
entry |1 pages
Branch substitute
entry |1 pages
Broadside display
entry |1 pages
Business suit
entry |1 pages
Button
letter 45C|20 pages
entry |1 pages
Candy cue
entry |1 pages
Communication of Affect Receiving Ability Test
entry |1 pages
CARAT-05
entry |1 pages
Communication of Affect Receiving Ability Test – Spontaneous, Posed, Regulated
entry |1 pages
Certainty
entry |1 pages
Chair
entry |1 pages
Chest-beating
entry |1 pages
Chirality
entry |1 pages
Cingulate gyrus
entry |1 pages
CLEM
entry |1 pages
Clever Hans
entry |1 pages
Coca-Cola®
entry |1 pages
Cognitive valence theory
entry |1 pages
Collection
entry |2 pages
Color cue
entry |1 pages
Colors decoded
entry |1 pages
Combover
entry |1 pages
Consumer product
entry |1 pages
Contrapposto stance
entry |1 pages
Costume
entry |1 pages
Courtship
entry |1 pages
Crime signals
entry |1 pages
Cringe
entry |1 pages
Crouch
entry |1 pages
Crying
entry |1 pages
Cue
entry |1 pages
Cut-off
letter 65D|10 pages
entry |1 pages
Dance
entry |2 pages
Deception cue
entry |1 pages
Decision grip
entry |1 pages
Deepfake
entry |1 pages
Differential emotions theory
entry |1 pages
Discrepancy arousal theory
entry |1 pages
Diagnostic Analysis of Nonverbal Accuracy
entry |1 pages
Display Rule Assessment Inventory
entry |1 pages
Disgust
entry |2 pages
Dominance
letter 75E|19 pages
entry |1 pages
Ear movements
entry |1 pages
Education
entry |1 pages
Emblem
entry |1 pages
Embodied cognition
entry |1 pages
Emoticons and emojis
entry |1 pages
Emotional contagion
entry |1 pages
The Emotional Contagion Scale
entry |1 pages
Emotion
entry |1 pages
Emotion cue
entry |1 pages
En face gaze
entry |1 pages
Enteric brain
entry |1 pages
Equilibrium theory
entry |1 pages
Ergonomics of the mind
entry |1 pages
Evil eye
entry |1 pages
Existential crunch
entry |1 pages
Expectancy theory
entry |1 pages
Eyes
entry |1 pages
Eye-blink
entry |1 pages
Eyebrow-flash
entry |1 pages
Eyebrow-lower
entry |1 pages
Eyebrow-raise
entry |1 pages
Eye contact
entry |1 pages
Eye-flash
entry |1 pages
Eye-rolling
letter 94F|28 pages
entry |1 pages
Face
entry |1 pages
entry |1 pages
Faceism
entry |1 pages
Facial Action Coding System
entry |1 pages
Facial Action Test (Directed)
entry |1 pages
Facial Affect Decision Task
entry |1 pages
Facial appearance heuristic
entry |1 pages
Facial beauty
entry |1 pages
Facial displays (syntactic)
entry |1 pages
Facial displays (semantic)
entry |1 pages
Facial emblems
entry |3 pages
Facial expression
entry |1 pages
Facial Expression Program
entry |1 pages
Facial feedback hypothesis
entry |1 pages
Facial flushing
entry |1 pages
Facial I.D.
entry |2 pages
Facial masking
entry |1 pages
Facial pattern recognition
entry |1 pages
Falsetto
entry |1 pages
Familiarity
entry |1 pages
Fast motion
entry |1 pages
Fear
entry |1 pages
Feet
entry |1 pages
Fence
entry |1 pages
Fight-or-flight
entry |1 pages
Fingerprints
entry |1 pages
Finger-snap
entry |1 pages
Fingernails
entry |1 pages
Finger of blame
entry |1 pages
Fist
entry |1 pages
Flag
entry |1 pages
Flashbulb eyes
entry |1 pages
Flexion withdrawal
entry |1 pages
Fluctuating asymmetry
entry |1 pages
Footwear
entry |1 pages
Freeze reaction
entry |1 pages
Fringe
entry |1 pages
Frown
entry |1 pages
Fruit substitute
entry |1 pages
Functional model of nonverbal behavior
entry |1 pages
Fundamental attribution error
letter 122G|18 pages
entry |1 pages
Gait
entry |1 pages
Gangster garb
entry |1 pages
Gasp
entry |1 pages
Gavel
entry |1 pages
Gazebo
entry |1 pages
Gaze
entry |1 pages
Gaze-down
entry |1 pages
Gaze (en face)
entry |1 pages
Gesture
entry |1 pages
Gesture measurement
entry |1 pages
Gift
entry |1 pages
Glasses
entry |1 pages
Glitter
entry |1 pages
Glutamate
entry |1 pages
Golf
entry |1 pages
Goose-step
entry |1 pages
Grab
entry |1 pages
Groan
entry |1 pages
Growl
entry |1 pages
Grunt
letter 140H|19 pages
entry |1 pages
Hair cue
entry |1 pages
Halo effect
entry |1 pages
Hands
entry |1 pages
Handedness
entry |2 pages
Hand-behind-head
entry |1 pages
Hand-clap
entry |2 pages
Handshake
entry |1 pages
Hands-on-hips
entry |1 pages
Hand signal
entry |1 pages
Happiness
entry |1 pages
Happy sign
entry |1 pages
Hat
entry |1 pages
Head-jerk
entry |1 pages
Research reports
entry |1 pages
Head-tilt-back
entry |1 pages
Chin jut
entry |1 pages
Head-tilt-side
entry |1 pages
Head-toss
entry |1 pages
Height
entry |1 pages
Herbs and spices
entry |1 pages
High heel
entry |1 pages
High-stand display
entry |1 pages
Homophily
entry |1 pages
Homunculus
entry |1 pages
Human brain
entry |1 pages
Hypothalamus
letter 159I|13 pages
entry |1 pages
Immediacy
entry |1 pages
Infantile schema
entry |1 pages
Information
entry |1 pages
Insignia
entry |1 pages
Intention cue
entry |1 pages
Interaction adaptation theory
entry |1 pages
Interior design
entry |1 pages
Interpersonal Perception Task
entry |1 pages
Interpersonal Perception Task-15
entry |1 pages
Invisibility
entry |2 pages
Isopraxism
entry |1 pages
Isotype
letter 172J|4 pages
entry |1 pages
Japanese and Caucasian Brief Affect Recognition Test
entry |1 pages
Jargonics
entry |1 pages
Jaw-droop
entry |1 pages
Jump
letter 176K|4 pages
entry |1 pages
Kinesics
entry |1 pages
Kinda sorta
entry |2 pages
Kiss
entry |1 pages
Kneel
letter 180L|18 pages
entry |1 pages
Language origin
entry |1 pages
Lapel pin
entry |1 pages
Laugh
entry |1 pages
Lateral click
entry |2 pages
Lawn display
entry |1 pages
Leg wear
entry |1 pages
Lip-compression
entry |1 pages
Lip-frown
entry |1 pages
Lip-pout
entry |1 pages
Lip-purse
entry |1 pages
Lip-retraction
entry |1 pages
Lips
entry |1 pages
Lip-touch
entry |1 pages
Loom
entry |1 pages
Love
entry |1 pages
Love sign
entry |1 pages
Love signal
entry |1 pages
Lullaby
entry |1 pages
Lunch
letter 198M|14 pages
entry |1 pages
Mammalian brain
entry |1 pages
Mask
entry |1 pages
Meaty taste
entry |1 pages
Media
entry |1 pages
Men’s shoes
entry |1 pages
Message
entry |1 pages
Messaging feature
entry |1 pages
Microexpression
entry |2 pages
Mimicry
entry |1 pages
Mime cue
entry |1 pages
Mini-PONS
entry |1 pages
Mint
entry |1 pages
Mirror neurons
entry |1 pages
Motion energy map
entry |1 pages
Motivation impairment effect
entry |1 pages
Music
letter 212N|18 pages
entry |1 pages
Neck dimple
entry |1 pages
Neckwear
entry |1 pages
Neuroaesthetic sense
entry |1 pages
New car smell
entry |1 pages
Newgrange
entry |1 pages
Nicotine
entry |1 pages
Nonverbal brain
entry |1 pages
Nonverbal dreaming
entry |1 pages
Nonverbal entertainment
entry |1 pages
Nonverbal learning
entry |1 pages
Nonverbal learning disorder
entry |1 pages
Nonverbal memes
entry |1 pages
Nonverbal nomenclature
entry |1 pages
Nonverbal release
entry |1 pages
Nonverbal trail blazers
entry |2 pages
Nonverbal communication
entry |1 pages
Nonverbal surveillance
entry |1 pages
Nonverbal World
entry |1 pages
Nose
entry |1 pages
Nostril-flare
entry |1 pages
Nut substitute
entry |1 pages
Nutty taste
letter 230O|3 pages
entry |1 pages
Object fancy
entry |1 pages
Orienting reflex
letter 233P|18 pages
entry |1 pages
Pain cue
entry |1 pages
Paisley
entry |1 pages
Paleocircuit
entry |1 pages
Palm-up
entry |1 pages
Parade
entry |1 pages
Paralanguage
entry |1 pages
Parallel process model of nonverbal communication
entry |1 pages
Percent nonverbal
entry |1 pages
Persuasiveness
entry |1 pages
Pharyngeal arch
entry |1 pages
Picture writing
entry |1 pages
Pigeon toes
entry |2 pages
Point
entry |1 pages
Point-light
entry |1 pages
Posture
entry |1 pages
Power grip
entry |1 pages
Primate brain
entry |1 pages
Probing point
entry |1 pages
Procession
entry |1 pages
Profile of Nonverbal Sensitivity
entry |3 pages
Proxemics
entry |1 pages
Pupil size
letter 251Q|2 pages
entry |1 pages
Quad
entry |1 pages
Quaff
entry |1 pages
Queue wait
letter 253R|7 pages
entry |1 pages
Rapport
entry |1 pages
Raspy voice
entry |1 pages
Reproductive force
entry |1 pages
Reproductive imagery
entry |1 pages
Reptilian brain
entry |1 pages
Rest-and-digest
entry |1 pages
Rhythmic repetition
entry |1 pages
Rings of Venus
entry |1 pages
Ritualization
letter 260S|34 pages
entry |1 pages
Sadness
entry |1 pages
Sad sign
entry |1 pages
Sarcasm
entry |1 pages
Saving face
entry |1 pages
Self-touch
entry |1 pages
Shame
entry |1 pages
Shellfish taste
entry |1 pages
Shopping
entry |1 pages
Shoulders
entry |1 pages
Shoulder-shrug
entry |1 pages
Shoulder-shrug display
entry |1 pages
Shout
entry |1 pages
Sign
entry |1 pages
Signal
entry |1 pages
Sign language
entry |1 pages
Signature
entry |1 pages
Silence
entry |2 pages
Singing
entry |1 pages
Slow motion
entry |1 pages
Smile
entry |1 pages
Sneaker
entry |1 pages
Social distancing
entry |1 pages
Social facilitation effect
entry |1 pages
Special visceral nerve
entry |1 pages
Speech
entry |1 pages
Speech errors
entry |1 pages
Spitting
entry |1 pages
SPOT program
entry |1 pages
Startle reflex
entry |1 pages
Statue signs
entry |1 pages
Steeple
entry |1 pages
Submission
entry |1 pages
Sunglasses
entry |1 pages
Suspender
entry |1 pages
Swagger-walk
entry |1 pages
Sweaty palms
entry |1 pages
Systems Model of nonverbal communication
letter 294T|14 pages
entry |1 pages
Table-slap
entry |1 pages
Talisman
entry |1 pages
Tear apart
entry |1 pages
Tense-mouth
entry |1 pages
Thin slicing
entry |1 pages
Test of Nonverbal Cue Knowledge
entry |1 pages
Thumbs up signal
entry |1 pages
Tickle
entry |1 pages
Time
entry |1 pages
Tongue-show
entry |1 pages
Top hat
entry |1 pages
The Touch Experiences and Attitudes Questionnaire
entry |1 pages
Touch cue
entry |1 pages
Tree sign
entry |1 pages
Trigeminal taste
entry |1 pages
Triumph display
entry |1 pages
Trunk
entry |1 pages
Tsk
letter 308U|2 pages
entry |1 pages
Ululation
entry |1 pages
Uncertainty
letter 310V|10 pages
entry |1 pages
Vehicular grille
entry |1 pages
Vehicular stripe
entry |1 pages
Velvet
entry |1 pages
Verbal communication
entry |1 pages
Verbalized nonverbal
entry |1 pages
Verbal pause
entry |1 pages
Vision cues
entry |1 pages
Vocal filler
entry |1 pages
Voice (tone)
entry |1 pages
Vroom-vroom
letter 320W|10 pages
entry |1 pages
Waiting time
entry |1 pages
Walk
entry |1 pages
Walk the dog
entry |1 pages
Wan smile
entry |1 pages
Wedding dress
entry |1 pages
Whisper
entry |1 pages
Whistle
entry |1 pages
Whistled languages
entry |1 pages
Women’s shoes
entry |1 pages
Word
letter 330X|3 pages
entry |1 pages
X-ray
entry |1 pages
Xenophobe
entry |1 pages
Xylophone
letter 333Y|2 pages
entry |1 pages
Yawn
letter 335Z|9 pages
entry |1 pages
Zebra stripes
entry |1 pages
Zeitgeist archetypes
entry |1 pages
Zipper
entry |1 pages
Zombie mime
entry |1 pages
Zygomatic smile