TY - BOOK AU - Segerstrale,Ullica Christina Olofsdotter AU - Molnar,P. TI - Nonverbal communication: where nature meets culture AV - BF637 .N668 1997 PY - 1997/// CY - Mahwah, New Jersey PB - Lawrence Erlbaum Associates KW - Body language KW - Nonverbal communication KW - Psychology, Comparative N1 - Chiefly papers presented at a conference held at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF), Bielefeld, Germany, March 1992; 1 and indexes; Preface. 1. Nonverbal communication : crossing the boundary between culture and nature; Ullica Segerstrale and Peter Molnar --; Pt. I. New findings on the universality of human nonverbal communication. 2. Universal facial expressions of emotion : an old controversy and new findings; Paul Ekman and Dacher Keltner. 3. Psychophysiological reactions to facial expressions; Ulf Dimberg. 4. Universals in interpersonal interactions; Wulf Schiefenhovel --; Pt. II. Development of emotions in a social and cultural context. 5. Preverbal communication in humans and the genesis of culture; Hanus Papousek and Mechtild Papousek. 6. Development of emotions and their expresssion in task-oriented situations in infants and preschool children. 7. Nonverbal communication in nonhuman primates : implications for the emergence of culture; Stephen J. Suomi --; Pt. III. The social role of nonverbal communication and emotions : evolutionary inferences. 8. Communication signals of animals : contributions of emotion and reference; Peter Marler and Christopher S. Evans. 9. The social function of "smile" and "laughter" : variations across primate species and societies; Signe Preluschoft and Jan A.R.A.M. van Hooff. 10. Pimate communication and the ecology of a language niche; Alexandra Maryanski. 11. The evolution of emotions : the nonverbal basis of human social organizations; Jonathan H. Turner --; Pt. IV. Nonverbal communication as a mediator between nature and culture. 12. Nonverbal communication and culture; Walter Goldschmidt. 13. Posture as an interface between biology and culture; Michel Heller. 14. Sign language and gestures in medieval Europe : monasteries, courts of justice, and society; August Nitschke. 15. Nonverbal communication and the emergence of moral sentiments; Robert Frank; 2 ER -