While we often talk about prominent examples of nonverbal behavior, like the triumphant pose, many are actually quite subtle. A fascinating new study out of the University of British Columbia looked at the marked impact of something as simple as head position in evaluations of a person’s inclination towards dominance. This study found that a…
Read MoreDr. Matsumoto Podcast Interview Part 1
Communication may be much vaster than we thought. In a new podcast, Humintell’s Dr. David Matsumoto helps explain the non-verbal world of communication to wider audiences. He emphasizes that non-verbal communication is anything that does not include verbal language, but the varieties of non-verbal communication are almost endless. One of these is based in the…
Read MoreNonverbal Behavior: Who Are The Landmarks in the Field?
We spend a great deal of time talking about Humintell’s work on nonverbal behavior, but it’s important to know that this is a wide and exciting field! In a recent paper in the Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, a pair of researchers sought to map out the major authors and major papers that have dominated the…
Read MoreFarming and the Evolution of Speech
As we know, many of our nonverbal behaviors have deep roots in our own process of evolution, but maybe our verbal behaviors have historical roots too. While perhaps not quite as deeply ingrained as biological evolution, a new study in Science found evidence that many of our speech patterns can be linked back to changing…
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