Something in the way we move: Motion dynamics, not perceived sex, influence head movements in conversation

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 874-891

  Boker, Steven M ^a   Cohn, Jeffrey F ^b   Theobald, Barry John ^c   Matthews, Iain ^d   Mangini, Michael ^e   Spies, Jeffrey R ^a   Ambadar, Zara ^b   Brick, Timothy R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d DISNEY RESEARCH   (United States)

^e Université du Québec à Montréal   (United States)

Author keywords

Conversation; Coordination; Gender; Motion dynamics; Nonverbal

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958758600     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021928     Document Type: Article

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