Table of Contents
Preface 9
Introduction 11
Part 1 Body Language, a Language of Emotions
Chapter 1 Body Language: Nonverbal Language and Emotions 17
Chapter 2 What Is an Emotion? 23
Chapter 3 How Do You Build an Emotion ? 33
Chapter 4 How Do You Read an Emotion? 43
Chapter 5 From Visible Emotions to Those That Are Hidden 55
Chapter 6 How Do You Decipher a Hidden Emotion? 63
Chapter 7 Do Hidden Emotions Have Their Own Language? 77
Part 2 The Hand Says Out Loud What the Body Thinks to Itself
Chapter 8 Body Symbolism Is Universal 103
Chapter 9 Hide-and-Seek on the Face 119
Chapter 10 The Torso Is Our Armor 151
Chapter 11 The Back: "The Other Side" of the Body 165
Chapter 12 The Limbs: To Act 175
Chapter 13 Taking Matters in Hand 197
Part 3 When the Body Thinks Out Loud
Chapter 14 Gestures Also Had a "Big Bang" 223
Chapter 15 Today, Four Types of Unconscious Gestures Coexist 239
Chapter 16 The Wrists Give Their Informed Opinion 249
Chapter 17 Discord Between the Head and the Hand 257
Chapter 18 Our Gestures Speak of Our Values 267
Chapter 19 At What Point Is Body Language Universal? 277
Conclusion: The Moral of This Story 287
Afterword 297
Appendix 1 299
Appendix 2 301
Appendix 3 303
Glossary 305
Notes 317
Bibliography 339
Index 357
