As visual media spread to all domains of public and scientific life, nonverbal behavior is
taking its place as an important form of communication alongside the written and spoken …

The NEUROGES® analysis system is an objective and reliable interdisciplinary research
tool for analysis of body movement and gesture. The system has been field-tested on more …

Fidgeting may be a motor sign reflecting self-regulation processes in patients with social
anxiety disorder (SAD) and depressive patients. Since SAD co-occurs with comorbid …

Communicative gestures can compensate incomprehensibility of oral speech in severe
aphasia, but the brain damage that causes aphasia may also have an impact on the …

Introduction Both appraisal emotion approaches and self-regulation theory emphasize that
appraising an event as conducive or detrimental to one's current goals may trigger an …

Introduction The left hemisphere may be particularly specialized for gestures from an
egocentric movement perspective, ie, when executing tool-use pantomime (TUP) gestures …

Methods of post-concussion diagnosis are still under debate with regard to sensitivity,
objectivity, reliability, and costs. Spontaneous displays of nonverbal hand movement …

Emotional body-distant gestures are a prominent feature of winning athletes. Because
negative emotions have been associated to increased self-touch behaviour, we investigated …

Being touched by others (social-touch) and touching oneself (self-touch) are common
nonverbal behaviors in everyday interaction. The commonalities and differences between …

Objective Blind individuals suffer from visual (ie, sensory) deprivation. So-called
“blindisms”(or “nervous” movements) have been described as the nonverbal consequence …