When a group of students, placed around a shared workspace and working on an anticipated task is observed, the teacher or the facilitator intuitively can, to a certain extent, understand how collaboration is taking place within the group, without listening to the students’ discourse. Following this analogy, we propose that some specific nonverbal communication cues should be useful to infer col...

There is a gap in the medical education literature on teaching nonverbal detection and expression of empathy. Many articles do not address nonverbal interactions, instead focusing on "what to say" rather than "how to be." This focus on verbal communication overlooks the essential role nonverbal signals play in the communication of emotions, which has significant effects on patient satisfaction,...

behaviors of people with Asperger syndrome, with the intent to give an account of the severity of symptoms in the area of nonverbal interaction, as well as providing a profile of nonverbal behaviors that may be targeted for intervention. Through this communication profile, overall nonverbal ability is calculated in a group of 20 subjects with Asperger syndrome. The proposed scale also includes ...

evaluation of communication skills of nurses from hospitalized patients' perspective     rostami h [1] * , golchin m [2] , mirzaei a [3]     received: 14 sep, 2011 accepted: 21 nov, 2011     abstract   background & aims : the ability to communicate effectively is one of the main problems of modern societies. quality of services is powerfully related to effective communication skills. studi...