Rethinking Body Language : How Hand Movements Reveal Hidden Thoughts

Geoffrey Beattie

ISBN 10: 0415538890 / ISBN 13: 9780415538893

Verlag: Taylor & Francis Sep 2016, 2016

Beschreibung

Neuware - Challenging all of our old assumptions about the subject, Rethinking Body Language builds on the most recent cutting-edge research to offer a new theoretical perspective on this subject that will transform the way we look at other people. In contrast to the traditional view that body language is primarily concerned with the expression of emotions and the negotiation of social relationships, author Geoff Beattie argues instead that gestures reflect aspects of our thinking but in a different way to verbal language. Critically, the spontaneous hand movements that people make when they talk often communicate a good deal more than they intend.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780415538893

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Rethinking Body Language : How Hand Movements Reveal Hidden Thoughts
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Sep 2016
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0415538890
• ISBN-13: 9780415538893
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Zustand: Neu
• Abmessungen: 233B x 152 H x 13 T Millimeter Breite: 233 mm, Höhe: 152 mm, Tiefe: 13 mm
• Gewicht: 490 Gramm

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Inhaltsangabe

Challenging all of our old assumptions about the subject, Rethinking Body Language builds on the most recent cutting-edge research to offer a new theoretical perspective on this subject that will transform the way we look at other people. In contrast to the traditional view that body language is primarily concerned with the expression of emotions and the negotiation of social relationships, author Geoff Beattie argues instead that gestures reflect aspects of our thinking but in a different way to verbal language. Critically, the spontaneous hand movements that people make when they talk often communicate a good deal more than they intend.

This ground-breaking book takes body language analysis to a whole new level. Engagingly written by one of the leading experts in the field, it shows how we can detect deception in gesture–speech mismatches and how these unconscious movements can give us real insight into people's underlying implicit attitudes.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Geoffrey Beattie is Professor of Psychology at Edge Hill University. He is the author of 20 books and over 100 journal articles, and was awarded the Spearman Medal by the BPS in recognition of outstanding published work in psychology. He has presented a number of television programmes and was also the resident on-screen psychologist for 11 series of Big Brother, specialising in body language and social behaviour.