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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

PART I: FOUNDATIONS

1 - AN HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF NONVERBAL RESEARCH

2 - THE EVOLUTION OF THEORIES OF INTERACTIVE BEHAVIOR

3 - METHODS FOR THE STUDY OFNONVERBAL COMMUNICATION

4 - AUTOMATIC COGNITIVE PROCESSES AND NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION

5 - NONVERBAL SKILLS AND ABILITIES

6 - NONVERBAL AND VERBAL COMMUNICATION

PART II: FACTORS OF INFLUENCE

7 - THE BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF SOCIAL ORGANIZATION

8 - AN EVOLUTIONARY APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION

9 - PERSONALITY AND NONVERBAL BEHAVIOR

10 - FACTORING IN AGE

11 - WOMEN’S AND MEN’S NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION

12 - CULTURE AND NONVERBAL BEHAVIOR

13 - CASTING NONVERBAL BEHAVIOR IN THE MEDIA

PART III: FUNCTIONS

14 - NONVERBAL BEHAVIOR IN INTIMATE INTERACTIONS AND INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS

15 - NONVERBAL EXPRESSIONS OF DOMINANCE AND POWER INHUMAN RELATIONSHIPS

16 - THE FUNCTIONS OF FACIAL EXPRESSIONS

17 - WHY AND HOW THE SILENT SELF SPEAKS VOLUMES

18 - NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION AND DECEPTION

19 - THE INTERACTION MANAGEMENT FUNCTION OF NONVERBAL CUES

20 - NONVERBAL BEHAVIOR AND ITS FUNCTIONS IN THE ECOSYSTEM OF RAPPORT

PART IV: CONTEXTS ANDCONSEQUENCES

21 - NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION IN CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS

22 - NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION IN INSTRUCTIONAL CONTEXTS

23 - NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION AND PHYSICIAN-PATIENT INTERACTION

24 - NONVERBAL DYNAMICS INCOMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION, OR :( AND THE NET :( ’S WITH YOU, :) AND YOU :) ALONE

25 - NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION, RACE, AND INTERGROUP INTERACTION

26 - USES AND CONSEQUENCES OF NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION IN THE CONTEXT OF ORGANIZATIONAL LIFE

PART V: FINAL THOUGHTS

NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION: Basic Issues and Future Prospects

AUTHOR INDEX

SUBJECT INDEX

ABOUT THE EDITORS

ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS