Nonverbal Behaviors "Speak" Relational Messages of Dominance, Trust, and Composure
Judee K Burgoon1, Xinran Wang1, Xunyu Chen1
1Center for the Management of Information, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States.
Abstract:
Nonverbal signals color the meanings of interpersonal relationships. Humans rely on facial, head, postural, and vocal signals to express relational messages along continua. Three of relevance are dominance-submission, composure-nervousness and trust-distrust. Machine learning and new automated analysis tools are making possible a deeper understanding of the dynamics of relational communication. These are explored in the context of group interactions during a game entailing deception. The "messiness" of studying communication under naturalistic conditions creates many measurement and design obstacles that are discussed here. Possibilities for their mitigation are considered.
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