Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Machine generated contents note: -- PART I: THEORETICAL -- 1. Nonverbal Neurology: How the Brain Encodes and Decodes Wordless Signs, Signals, and Cues; David B. Givens -- 2. Neuroscience of Nonverbal Communication; Milkica Neic and Vladimir Nevic -- 3. Measuring Gestures; David B. Givens -- 4. Nonverbal Elements of the Voice; Mark G. Frank, Darrin J. Griffin, Elena Svetieva and Andreas Maroulis -- 5. The Expression and Perception of the Duchenne Smile; Sarah D. Gunnery and Judith A. Hall -- 6. Emotion Recognition, Fear and Nonverbal Behaviour; Aleksandra Kostic and Derek Chadee -- PART II: APPLIED -- 7. Nonverbal Firsts: When Nonverbal Cues are the Impetus of Relational and Personal Change in Romantic Relationships; Valerie Manusov, Tony Docan-Morgan and Jessica Harvey -- 8. Beyond Facial Expression:Spatial Distance as a Factor in the Communication of Discrete Emotions; Ross Buck and Mike Miller -- 9. Theoretical Foundation for Emotion-Based Strategies in Political Campaigns; Albert Mehrabian -- 10. The Impact of Nonverbal Behavior in the Job Interview; Denise Frauendorfer and Marianne Schmid Mast -- 11. Nonverbal Communication in Interaction: Psychology and Literature' Fernando Poyatos -- 12. Nonverbal Behavior Online: A Focus on Interactions with and via Artificial Agents and Avatars; Dennis Koster, Eva Krumhuber and Arvid Kappas.

"The Social Psychology of Nonverbal Communication gathers together leading scholars of nonverbal communication from around the world to offer insight into a range of issues within the discipline. The collection presents contemporary research and theorization of the nature, functions, and modalities of nonverbal behavior in an array of circumstances, with the aim of rethinking current approaches to the subject. This book will be of great interest to academics and nonverbal communication researchers, as well as to anyone who wants to interpret and better understand nonverbal behavior"-- Provided by publisher.