Non-verbal Communication
Mothers, Infants and Young Children of September 11, 2001
A Primary Prevention Project
- Edited by Beatrice Beebe, Phyllis Cohen, K. Mark Sossin and Sara Markese.
Published February 2012
The group of papers presented in this volume represents ten years of involvement of a group of eight core therapists, working originally with approximately forty families who suffered the loss of husbands and fathers on September 11, 2001. The project focuses on the families of women who were…
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Face Perception
- By Vicki Bruce, and Andy Young.
Published December 2011
Human faces are unique biological structures that convey a complex variety of important social messages. Even strangers can tell things from our faces – our feelings, our locus of attention, something of what we are saying, our age, sex and ethnic group, whether they find us attractive. In…
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Grounding Cognition in Perception and Action
A Special Issue of the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
- Edited by Martin H. Fischer, and Rolf A. Zwaan.
Published June 2008
The past decade or so has seen a growing realization that our cognitive processes are shaped by the physical reality of the human body and its situatedness in a physical environment. Pushing this paradigmatic re-consideration of cognition ever further, this edited volume provides an up-to-date…
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Management Speak
Why We Listen to What Management Gurus Tell Us
- By David Greatbatch, and Timothy Clark.
Published August 2005
Based on primary research into the public lectures of management gurus, this fascinating new volume analyzes how such gurus disseminate their ideas, values and visions on the international management lecture circuit. Adopting a novel conceptual/theoretical perspective, it brings together insights…
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Visible Thought
The New Psychology of Body Language
- By Geoffrey Beattie.
Published November 2003
Are you saying one thing whilst your hands reveal another? Are you influenced by other people's body language without even knowing it? Darting through examples found anywhere from the controlled psychology laboratory to modern advertising and the Big Brother TV phenomenon, official Big Brother…
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Communicating Successfully in Groups
A Practical Guide for the Workplace
- By Richard Hammersley, and Marie Reid.
Published April 2000
This practical guide to the psychology of effective communication is suitable for anyone for whom communication in groups is a key part of their job. No previous knowledge of psychology is assumed and the emphasis is on exercises, key point summaries, assessment and improving your skills in…
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