Methods: Starting from Piaget’s classical approach to the sensorimotor and symbolic developmental stages, the study moved toward a socio-material interpretation in which some patterns of interaction involving object manipulation seem to create a space that supports adult–child communication. In videotaped observations of verbal and nonverbal signs during an (organized) free play session, each c...

In our daily communication, we communicate both verbally and non-verbally. Nonverbal communication is an indispensable inseparable part of human interaction communication. system the result a certain social culture. It has its own cultural specific features. behavior may convey different meanings in cultures. differences influence effects cross-cultural This paper intends to give introduction f...

OBJECTIVE To test the impact of nonverbal behaviour on the assessment of a clinician's level of empathic communication. METHODS One hundred volunteers were asked to assess a clinician's level of empathic communication using the Rating Scales for the Assessment of Empathic Communication in Medical Interviews (REM). Participants were randomly assigned to three groups differing with regard to th...