ABSTRACT
Indeed, experts contend that human communication depends upon these wordless signals, estimating that 60-65 percent of social meaning is carried by nonverbal behaviors (Guerrero, DeVito, and Hecht 1999). From ancient times onward, the wise have advised that people should be judged, not by what they say, but by what they do. Contemporary research corroborates
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this advice, for “nonverbal communication is usually seen as more believ - able than verbal messages” (ibid: 4). Movement, which is the behavioral domain beyond words, has been called “the bedrock on which human relations are built” (F. Davis 1973: 4) and “the provenance of the common man and the core culture that guides his life” (Hall 1983: 4).
