Passing encounters east and west: Comparing Japanese and American pedestrian interactions

Journal of Nonverbal Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 155-166

  Patterson, Miles L ^a   Iizuka, Yuichi ^b   Tubbs, Mark E ^a   Ansel, Jennifer ^a   Tsutsumi, Masao ^c   Anson, Jackie ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b Shimane College of Nursing   (Japan)

^c SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Nonverbal communication; Pedestrian behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249884799     PISSN: 01915886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10919-007-0028-4     Document Type: Article

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