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Rethinking body language : how hand movements reveal hidden thoughts / Geoffrey Beattie.

Author/creator Beattie, Geoffrey author.
Format Book and Print
Edition1 Edition.
Publication Info London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016.
Descriptionx, 276 pages ; 25 cm
Subject(s)
Contents Introduction: a new perspective on an old problem -- Two separate languages? -- Where the action is a remarkable biological miracle? -- Images in the hands, images in the mind -- Different vehicles of meaning -- Gestures and the frustrations of everyday life -- Speech is only half the story -- Who or what the hands portray -- How our eyes are drawn to the gestures of others : the gesture limits itself intelligently to what matters? -- Manipulating the salience of individual elements to see how gestures respond -- How metaphoric gestures affect us -- Putting iconic gestures into TV advertisements -- How iconic gestures can leak the truth -- Unconscious gesture can leak unconscious attitude -- Concluding remarks -- References.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 261-270) and index.
LCCN 2015034712
ISBN9780415538886 (hb)
ISBN0415538882 (hb)
ISBN9780415538893 (softcover)
ISBN0415538890 (softcover)

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Joyner General Stacks BF637.N66 B4297 2016 ✔ Available Place Hold