Codes of nonverbal behaviour

Epigenetic codes in cognition and behaviour.

The epigenetic marking of chromatin provides a ubiquitous means for cells to shape and maintain their identity, and to react to environmental stimuli via specific remodeling. Such an epigenetic code of the core components of chromatin, DNA and histone proteins, can thus be stable but is also highly dynamic. In the nervous system, epigenetic codes are critical for basic cellular processes such a...

Strategic Use of Nonverbal Behaviour in the Context of Romantic Attraction

Multimodal Analysis of Verbal and Nonverbal Behaviour on the Example of Clinical Depression

Clinical depression is a common mood disorder that may last for long periods, vary in severity, and could impair an individual’s ability to cope with daily life. Depression affects 350 million people worldwide and is therefore considered a burden not only on a personal and social level, but also on an economic one. Depression is the fourth most significant cause of suffering and disability worl...

Embodied Synchrony of Nonverbal Behaviour in Counselling: a Case Study of Role Playing School Counselling

Experienced counsellors have mentioned that the clientcounsellor relationship, which is of high importance in counselling, may be related to embodied synchrony of nonverbal behaviour, but there is little quantitative research on the topic. The present study captured the embodied synchrony of nonverbal behaviour in counselling from a multiple communication channel perspective, in order to examin...

Virtual gestures: Analyzing social presence effects of computer-mediated and computer-generated nonverbal behaviour

The paper presents recent technologies and basic research paradigms for the investigation of social presence effects of nonverbal behaviour in humancomputer-interaction (HCI) and computer-mediated-communication.(CMC). An experimental platform for the coding, editing and experimental computeranimation of human movement behaviour is introduced, which can serve for the experimental variation and o...