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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Kinesics"”.
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Watching Storytelling: Visual Information in Oral Narratives
… were selected for in-depth consideration, namely kinesics, reciprocity, and space. Conclusions derived from this study include that: Visual information shared during storytelling is prolific; Listening is not a passive experience, with reciprocities varying with the mediations utilized; The spaces …
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The effect of nonverbal communication training on the acquisition of sign language.
… communication training in the categories of kinesics, eye movement, facial expression, proxemics, chronemics, haptics, and artifacts, concurrently with their participation in the BITP. A rating instrument was devised and administered that measured the subject's performance on thirteen …
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Soundpainting as a system for the collaborative creation of music in performance
… systems such as verbal and written language, kinesics, and paralanguage. This thesis outlines the general principles of Soundpainting as a system for setting into motion spontaneously created music. The author's aim is to describe Soundpainting in relation to the linguistic turn in Thompson's …
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An Analysis of a Nonverbal Training Program's Effect Upon Business Communications Students' Sensitivity to Nonverbal Facial Expressions
… and their sensitivity to para-language and kinesics (areas that received no formal training) and groups who received no such formal training.</p><p>Procedures. The study was conducted during the second semester of the 1982-83 school year. The study involved eight business communication …
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Investigating Simulation-Based Pattern Recognition Training For Behavior Cue Detection
… research takes a novel approach by animating the kinesics cues in the virtual version of Kim's game for pattern recognition training. Detection accuracy, response time, and false positive detection serve as the performance data for analysis. Additional survey data collected include engagement, …
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Enhancing acquisition of intercultural nonverbal competence : Thai English as a foreign language learners and the use of contemporary English language films
… eye contact and gaze, bodily communication, kinesics (touching), and vocalic communication. The study employs a range of qualitative and quantitative approaches in conducting classroom research on the learning and teaching of nonverbal communication within university EFL speaking and …
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Verbalisation of non-verbal communication in classical Greek texts.
… body language, as well as investigations into kinesics, manipulable elements of appearance, autonomic nervous system responses, haptics, posture, gait, and mobility. Within these areas of inquiry there exist sub-divisions that must also be taken into consideration, e.g., gender, age, …