Doctors' non-verbal communication

Non - Verbal Communication Vs

Respiratory Constraints in Verbal and Non-verbal Communication

In the present paper we address the old question of respiratory planning in speech production. We recast the problem in terms of speakers' communicative goals and propose that speakers try to minimize respiratory effort in line with the H&H theory. We analyze respiratory cycles coinciding with no speech (i.e., silence), short verbal feedback expressions (SFE's) as well as longer vocalizations i...

Verbal and Non-Verbal Communication in the Nurse/Client Relationships

Non-verbal communication is the way through which we express ourselves without necessarily using words. It involves sending messages through various expressions or signs on our body parts such as changing our facial expressions or varying our tones as we speak. Many people tend to overlook various body signs and may end up not understanding or even ignoring the intended message. However this is...

Non-verbal Behaviors and Communication Strategies

Communication studies have pointed out various alignment and grounding phenomena (Pickering et al. 2004), (Garrod et al. 2004), (Argyle et al. 1976), (Kendon 1967), (Clark 1996). Although these phenomena are generally confirmed, there are varieties among individuals in coordinating their behaviors. This paper attempts to characterize the factors that affect the styles of non-verbal behaviors in...

Non-verbal Communication for Correlational Characters

Social interaction is a key element of modern virtual environments. This paper discusses how non-verbal communication (or body language) is vital to real world social interaction, and how it is important to carry it over to virtual environments. It is not sufficient for a character to passively exhibit non-verbal communication; non-verbal communication should be a genuine interaction between a ...