Compared with more explicit racial slurs and statements, biased facial expressions and body language may resist conscious identification and thus produce a hidden social influence. In four studies, we show that race biases can be subtly transmitted via televised nonverbal behavior. Characters on 11 popular television shows exhibited more negative nonverbal behavior toward black than toward stat...

Behavioral consistency has been at the center of debates regarding the stability of personality. We argue that people are consistent but that such consistency is best observed in nonverbal behavior. In Study 1, participants' verbal and nonverbal behaviors were observed in a mock interview and then in an informal interaction. In Study 2, medical students' verbal and nonverbal behaviors were obse...

AIMS To compare siblings of children with autism (SIBS-A) and siblings of children with typical development (SIBS-TD) at 4 and 14 months of age. METHODS At 4 months, mother-infant interactional synchrony during free play, infant gaze and affect during the still-face paradigm, and infant responsiveness to a name-calling paradigm were examined (n = 21 in each group). At 14 months, verbal and no...

Digital technology has long provided new ways of initiating romantic relationships as people communicate through text messages, social media, and dating applications. Emojis have been widely adopted a means conveying nonverbal cues in digital communication. However, what role do platform‐provided cues, such emojis, play fostering or impeding clear communication shared expectations from flirtati...

This paper presents a study of ways to form metaphors realise the content nominations nonverbal elements – gestures identified in modern British prose novel “Atonement” by I. McEwan. Analysing textual contexts made it possible single out types literary text. These are united standard metaphorical transfer non-verbal element-gesture. It is emphasised that words “containers” meanings, and percept...

The current experiment extended earlier findings on the impact of the fear-then-relief technique (FTR). People that experience fear followed by immediate relief show higher compliance with a request after this FTR manipulation, this is because FTR makes people function mindless. I argue that nonverbal behavior is a critical factor that determines the success of the FTR technique. Nonverbal beha...

By designing socially intelligent robots that can more effectively communicate and interact with us, we can increase their capacity to function as collaborative partners. Our research goal is to develop robots capable of engaging in nonverbal communication, which has been argued to be at the core of social intelligence. We take a human-centric approach that closely aligns with how people are th...

Nursing faculty need to understand the unique aspects of online learning environments and develop new pedagogies for teaching in the virtual classroom. The concept of community is important in online learning and a strong sense of community can enhance student engagement and improve learning outcomes in online courses. Student perceptions of community in online learning environments were explor...

Anecdotal evidence suggests that speakers often gaze away from their listeners during sarcastic utterances; however, this question has not been directly addressed empirically. This study systematically compared gaze-direction of speakers in dyadic conversation when uttering sincere and sarcastic statements. 18 naïve participants were required to recite a series of contradictory statements on a ...

Burleson and Goldsmith’s (1998) comforting model suggests an appraisal-based mechanism through which comforting messages can bring about a positive change in emotional states. This study is a first empirical test of three causal linkages implied by the appraisal-based comforting model. Participants (N = 258) talked about an upsetting event with a confederate trained to display low, moderate, or...