This isn't a fanfic, it's pure science! :D Thanks to school, I have to read some texts about nonverbal communication. leitura the stuff, all I could think about was Huli. I will copy some paragraphs here and feel free to discuss if they are really 'so Huli' as I thought. ;) It is possible that they were mentioned earlier, since there are a lot of smart and educated people here :)
To Communicate Meaning
Nonverbal messages may communicate the exact same meanings as verbal messages. The same purposes that were identified for communication in general are served por nonverbal signals a well.
First, nonverbal messages help us to discover — to learn, to acquire information about the world and about other people.
Nonverbal messages — the smile, the focused eye contact, the leaning forward, and of course the kiss — also help us to establish and maintain relationships. We signal that we like another person first though nonverbal signals; then, usually at least, we follow up with verbal messages. At the same time, of course, our nonverbal messages can help destroy and dissolve interpersonal relationships. When you avoid eye contact and touching, when you frown mais than smile, and when your voice is without warmth, you’re using nonverbal signals to distance yourself from the other person.
To Metacommunicate
Much of nonverbal communication, however, occurs in combination with verbal messages and serves a metacommunication function (see Unit 1). That is, nonverbal messages often comment on or communicate something about other messages (often verbal messages). Six general ways in which nonverbal communication blends with verbal communication have been identified and will illustrate the wide variety of metacommunication functions that nonverbal messages may serve (Knapp & Hall, 1997).
Nonverbal messages are often used to accent or emphasize some part of the verbal message. You might, for example, raise your voice to underscore a particular word or phrase, bang your fist on the escrivaninha, mesa to stress your commitment, or look longingly into someone’s eyes when saying “I amor you.”
You use nonverbal communication to complement, to add nuances of meaning not communicated por your verbal message. Thus, you might smile when telling a story (to suggest that you find it humorous) or frown and shake your head when recounting someone’s deceit (to suggest your disapproval).
You may deliberately contradict your verbal messages with nonverbal movements—for example, por crossing your fingers or winking to indicate that you’re lying.
Movements may be used to regulate or control the flow of verbal messages, as when you bolsa your lips, lean forward, or make hand gestures to indicate that you want to speak. You might also put up your hand or vocalize your pauses (for example, with “um” or “ah”) to indicate that you’ve not finished and aren’t ready to relinquish the floor to the seguinte speaker.
You can repeat or restate the verbal message nonverbally. You can, for example, follow your verbal “Is that all right?” with raised eyebrows and a questioning look, or motion with your head or hand to repeat your verbal “Let’s go.”
You may also use nonverbal communication to substitute for or take the place of verbal messages. For instance, you can signal “OK” with a hand gesture. You can nod your head to indicate yes or shake your head to indicate no.
Eye Communication
Research on the messages communicated por the eyes (a study known technically as oculesis) shows that these messages vary depending on the duration, direction, and quality of the eye behavior. For example, in every culture there are strict, though unstated, rules for the proper duration for eye contact. In U.S. culture the average length of gaze is 2.95 seconds. The average length of mutual gaze (two persons gazing at each other) is 1.18 segundos (Argyle & Ingham, 1972; Argyle, 1988). When eye contact falls short of this amount, you may think the person is uninterested, shy, or preoccupied. When the appropriate amount of time is exceeded,
you may perceive the person as showing unusually high interest.
The direction of the eye also communicates. In much of the United States, you’re expected to glance alternately at the other person’s face, then away, then again at the face, and so on. The rule for the public speaker is to scan the entire audience, not focusing for too long on or ignoring any one area of the audience. When you break these directional rules, you communicate different meanings — abnormally high or low interest, self-consciousness, nervousness over the interaction, and so on.
The Function of Eye Contact and Eye Avoidance
Eye contact can serve a variety of functions. One such function is to seek feedback. In talking with someone, we look at her or him intently, as if to say, “Well, what do you think?” As you might predict, listeners gaze at speakers mais than speakers gaze at listeners. In public speaking, you may scan hundreds of people to secure this feedback.
A segundo function is to inform the other person that the channel of communication is open and that he or she should now speak. You see this regularly in conversation, when one person asks a pergunta or finishes a thought and then looks to you for a response.
Eye movements may also signal the nature of a relationship, whether positive (an attentive glance) or negative (eye avoidance). You can also signal your power through visual dominance behavior (Exline, Ellyson, & Long, 1975). The average speaker, for example, maintains a high level of eye contact while listening and a lower level while speaking. When people want to signal dominance, they may reverse this pattern—maintaining a high level of eye contact while talking but a much lower level while listening.
por making eye contact you psychologically lessen the physical distance between yourself and another person. When you catch someone’s eye at a party, for example, you become psychologically close though physically far apart.
Pupil Dilation
In one study, researchers retouched photographs of women; in half they enlarged the pupils, and in the other half they made them smaller (Hess, 1975). Men were then asked to judge the women’s personalities from the photographs. The fotografias of women with small pupils drew responses such as “cold,” “hard,” and “selfish”; those with dilated pupils drew responses such as “feminine” and “soft.” Interestingly, the male observers could not verbalize the reasons for their different perceptions. Pupil dilation and our reactions to changes in the pupil size of others may function below the level of conscious awareness.
Pupil size also reveals your interest and level of emotional arousal. Your pupils enlarge when you’re interested in something or when you are emotionally aroused.
That's it. If you want, I can continue it with o espaço Communication, Paralanguage and other interesting stuff ;)
To Communicate Meaning
Nonverbal messages may communicate the exact same meanings as verbal messages. The same purposes that were identified for communication in general are served por nonverbal signals a well.
First, nonverbal messages help us to discover — to learn, to acquire information about the world and about other people.
Nonverbal messages — the smile, the focused eye contact, the leaning forward, and of course the kiss — also help us to establish and maintain relationships. We signal that we like another person first though nonverbal signals; then, usually at least, we follow up with verbal messages. At the same time, of course, our nonverbal messages can help destroy and dissolve interpersonal relationships. When you avoid eye contact and touching, when you frown mais than smile, and when your voice is without warmth, you’re using nonverbal signals to distance yourself from the other person.
To Metacommunicate
Much of nonverbal communication, however, occurs in combination with verbal messages and serves a metacommunication function (see Unit 1). That is, nonverbal messages often comment on or communicate something about other messages (often verbal messages). Six general ways in which nonverbal communication blends with verbal communication have been identified and will illustrate the wide variety of metacommunication functions that nonverbal messages may serve (Knapp & Hall, 1997).
Nonverbal messages are often used to accent or emphasize some part of the verbal message. You might, for example, raise your voice to underscore a particular word or phrase, bang your fist on the escrivaninha, mesa to stress your commitment, or look longingly into someone’s eyes when saying “I amor you.”
You use nonverbal communication to complement, to add nuances of meaning not communicated por your verbal message. Thus, you might smile when telling a story (to suggest that you find it humorous) or frown and shake your head when recounting someone’s deceit (to suggest your disapproval).
You may deliberately contradict your verbal messages with nonverbal movements—for example, por crossing your fingers or winking to indicate that you’re lying.
Movements may be used to regulate or control the flow of verbal messages, as when you bolsa your lips, lean forward, or make hand gestures to indicate that you want to speak. You might also put up your hand or vocalize your pauses (for example, with “um” or “ah”) to indicate that you’ve not finished and aren’t ready to relinquish the floor to the seguinte speaker.
You can repeat or restate the verbal message nonverbally. You can, for example, follow your verbal “Is that all right?” with raised eyebrows and a questioning look, or motion with your head or hand to repeat your verbal “Let’s go.”
You may also use nonverbal communication to substitute for or take the place of verbal messages. For instance, you can signal “OK” with a hand gesture. You can nod your head to indicate yes or shake your head to indicate no.
Eye Communication
Research on the messages communicated por the eyes (a study known technically as oculesis) shows that these messages vary depending on the duration, direction, and quality of the eye behavior. For example, in every culture there are strict, though unstated, rules for the proper duration for eye contact. In U.S. culture the average length of gaze is 2.95 seconds. The average length of mutual gaze (two persons gazing at each other) is 1.18 segundos (Argyle & Ingham, 1972; Argyle, 1988). When eye contact falls short of this amount, you may think the person is uninterested, shy, or preoccupied. When the appropriate amount of time is exceeded,
you may perceive the person as showing unusually high interest.
The direction of the eye also communicates. In much of the United States, you’re expected to glance alternately at the other person’s face, then away, then again at the face, and so on. The rule for the public speaker is to scan the entire audience, not focusing for too long on or ignoring any one area of the audience. When you break these directional rules, you communicate different meanings — abnormally high or low interest, self-consciousness, nervousness over the interaction, and so on.
The Function of Eye Contact and Eye Avoidance
Eye contact can serve a variety of functions. One such function is to seek feedback. In talking with someone, we look at her or him intently, as if to say, “Well, what do you think?” As you might predict, listeners gaze at speakers mais than speakers gaze at listeners. In public speaking, you may scan hundreds of people to secure this feedback.
A segundo function is to inform the other person that the channel of communication is open and that he or she should now speak. You see this regularly in conversation, when one person asks a pergunta or finishes a thought and then looks to you for a response.
Eye movements may also signal the nature of a relationship, whether positive (an attentive glance) or negative (eye avoidance). You can also signal your power through visual dominance behavior (Exline, Ellyson, & Long, 1975). The average speaker, for example, maintains a high level of eye contact while listening and a lower level while speaking. When people want to signal dominance, they may reverse this pattern—maintaining a high level of eye contact while talking but a much lower level while listening.
por making eye contact you psychologically lessen the physical distance between yourself and another person. When you catch someone’s eye at a party, for example, you become psychologically close though physically far apart.
Pupil Dilation
In one study, researchers retouched photographs of women; in half they enlarged the pupils, and in the other half they made them smaller (Hess, 1975). Men were then asked to judge the women’s personalities from the photographs. The fotografias of women with small pupils drew responses such as “cold,” “hard,” and “selfish”; those with dilated pupils drew responses such as “feminine” and “soft.” Interestingly, the male observers could not verbalize the reasons for their different perceptions. Pupil dilation and our reactions to changes in the pupil size of others may function below the level of conscious awareness.
Pupil size also reveals your interest and level of emotional arousal. Your pupils enlarge when you’re interested in something or when you are emotionally aroused.
That's it. If you want, I can continue it with o espaço Communication, Paralanguage and other interesting stuff ;)