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The NONVERBAL DICTIONARY of gestures, signs and body language cues
Items in this Dictionary has been researched by anthropologists, archeologists, biologists, linguists, psychiatrists, psychologists, semioticians and others who have studied human communication from a scientific point of view. Every effort has been made to cite their work in the text. Definitions, meanings, and interpretations left uncredited are those of the author. Gestures and consumer products with current trademark registrations are identified.
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781 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 13, 2011
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About the author
David B. Givens
10 books6 followersDavid B. Givens, Ph.D., is Director of the Center for Nonverbal Studies in Spokane, WA, and the author of Your Body at Work: Sight-reading the Body Language of Business, Bosses, and Boardrooms (St. Martin's, New York, 2010). He's also the author of Love Signals: A Practical Field Guide to the Body Language of Courtship, and Crime Signals: How to Spot a Criminal Before You Become a Victim.
Dr. Givens began studying body language for his Ph.D. in anthropology at the University of Washington in Seattle. He served as Anthropologist in Residence at the American Anthropological Association in Washington, D.C. from 1985-97. He taught anthropology at the University of Washington and currently teaches in the School of Professional Studies at Gonzaga University. His expertise is in nonverbal communication, anthropology, and the brain.
Givens offers seminars to lawyers, judges, social workers, salespeople, and physicians, works with local law-enforcement agencies and the FBI, and consults with the U.S. intelligence community. Givens and neuroscientist Paul D. MacLean introduced the word "isopraxism" (the reptilian principle of mimicking) into the English language, as announced by the executive editor of the American Heritage Dictionary in the Atlantic Monthly.
His ideas on nonverbal communication have been written about in Omni, Harpers, the New Yorker, U.S. News & World Report and in the New York Times, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times.
Dr. Givens began studying body language for his Ph.D. in anthropology at the University of Washington in Seattle. He served as Anthropologist in Residence at the American Anthropological Association in Washington, D.C. from 1985-97. He taught anthropology at the University of Washington and currently teaches in the School of Professional Studies at Gonzaga University. His expertise is in nonverbal communication, anthropology, and the brain.
Givens offers seminars to lawyers, judges, social workers, salespeople, and physicians, works with local law-enforcement agencies and the FBI, and consults with the U.S. intelligence community. Givens and neuroscientist Paul D. MacLean introduced the word "isopraxism" (the reptilian principle of mimicking) into the English language, as announced by the executive editor of the American Heritage Dictionary in the Atlantic Monthly.
His ideas on nonverbal communication have been written about in Omni, Harpers, the New Yorker, U.S. News & World Report and in the New York Times, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times.
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December 31, 2016
No es una lectura que haya disfrutado muchísimo por el formato de diccionario, aunque valoro la utilidad y practicidad de su contenido. No se lo recomiendo a nadie a menos de que sea demasiado fiebre con este tema o lo requiera para su ejercicio profesional.
Note to self: (lots of) sidenotes on yellow notepad.
Note to self: (lots of) sidenotes on yellow notepad.
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