Emoticons are becoming increasingly prevalent in our internet and social media strewn social landscape, but how effective are they at conveying emotion? This point is often made by those who find these somewhat silly symbols pretty ludicrous, but their flaws may run a little deeper. While prolific in our culture, representing a smile with J…
Read MoreThe Role of Powerful Postures in Everyday Interaction
Reading people is more than just gesture and expression. It also involves posture. This blog tends to focus primarily on gestures and expressions, and we have delved only occasionally into the importance of posture in expressing or detecting various affective states. However, in a comprehensive review of research on nonverbal postures, Dr. Amy Cuddy and…
Read MoreAping Around with Gestures
Many of our gestures and emotions are universal across cultures, but is this limited to just our species? In an exciting new study by Dr. Kirsty Graham of the University of York, researchers found surprising patterns among gestures utilized by bonobos and chimpanzees in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Not only did they find…
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