The nonverbal dictionary

[PanPaniscus]

The nonverbal dictionary link

This is a free online dictionary of all things communication especially nonverbal (hence the site name). I dicsovered it last night and I think it's an excellent and intersting site. It has the meanings of certain gestures and also the science behind them (so how your muscles contract when you shrug your shoulders for example) and also the evolutionary significance of a certain gesture and how animals display the similar gestures. It also has meanings of things in pop culture like why little girls find barbie dolls appealing.
I like the site for the science and evolutionary theories of certain cues, I'm not too surprised by the definitions of a lot of them because I know what they look like on TV or when I do them and I know the meanings I just don't spot them so it's still interesting. The one I was surprised by was "palms down" which is a sign of superiority and assertiveness, but I always thought palms down was reassurence.

Anyway that's enough from me, what do you think of it?

 

[mikeg26843]

interesting, i shall now have something to read over the next week or so then i shall give a half decent response

 

[tree]

The link in OP doesn't work.
This link works. > https://retorika2012blog.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/body_language_-_list_of_signs_n_gestures.pdf

It's not pictures, though. It's descriptions in word of meaningful gestures.
Example =
FLASHBULB EYES 1. An involuntary, dramatic widening of the eyes, performed in situations of intense emotion,
such as anger, surprise, and fear. 2. A maximal opening of the eyelids (i.e., dilation of the palpebral fissure)
which shows the roundness, curvature, and protrusion of the eyeballs.

This The NONVERBAL DICTIONARY of gestures, signs and body language cues Quotes by David B. Givens consists of quotations on the subject.