Spatiotemporal Symmetry and Multifractal Structure of Head Movements During Dyadic Conversation

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1072-1091

  Ashenfelter, Kathleen T ^a   Boker, Steven M ^b   Waddell, Jennifer R ^c   Vitanov, Nikolay ^d  

^a U S CENSUS BUREAU   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

dominance; gender; multifractal; nonverbal; symmetry breaking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HEAD; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; FRACTALS; HEAD; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOVEMENT; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

EID: 69049099969     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015017     Document Type: Article

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