Saturday, October 3, 2009

Categories of Gestures: Adaptors

Businessman leaning against wall and touching forehead
These gestures are used subconsciously during communication and interactions and they are a gesture that are most important to our field of study.

These are those little things we do to comfort ourselves when we feel uncomfortable; they are the little things that liars do that give themselves away.

Adapters are linked with negative feelings such as anxiety, nervousness, fear, etc.◦
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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Since negative emotions produce more anxiety, and as a result there are more self comforting gestures, how can an analyst correctly determine the cause of the anxiety?

And how can people with anxiety disorders reduce the symptoms and gestures to avoid being suspicious?

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/anxiety-files/200804/how-big-problem-is-anxiety

Anonymous said...

Some ways to reduce anxiety and fear as discussed by Gavin de Becker:

Fear Less
https://www.gavindebecker.com/index.php/resources/book/fear_less/


Media Fear Tactics
https://www.gavindebecker.com/index.php/resources/article/media_fear_tactics/


Apocalypse Not Now
https://www.gavindebecker.com/index.php/resources/article/apacolypse_not_now/

Anonymous said...

Mindfullness Approach to Anxiety
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-mindfulness-approach/200912/the-importance-mindfulness-healing-anxiety-the-boulder-center-m