Open AccessEmpathic and peacebuilding gestures: an analysis of greeting gestures across cultures
Author(s) -
Joanna Puppel,
Alicja Rozpendowska
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
scripta neophilologica posnaniensia/scripta neophilologica posnaniensa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2956-7890
pISSN - 1509-4146
DOI - 10.14746/snp.2021.21.09
Subject(s) - gesture , nonverbal communication , interpersonal communication , empathy , psychology , feeling , kinesics , focus (optics) , human communication , regulatory focus theory , communication , social psychology , cognitive psychology , computer science , artificial intelligence , physics , creativity , optics
Communication process allows people to receive and send messages through verbal and nonverbal resources which play an important role in healthy interpersonal acts. While verbal communication has been the subject of many studies, the present study aims to focus mainly on the nonverbal aspect that is greeting gestures. In this article we shall analyze which greeting gesture, that is widely used across different cultures may evoke a feeling of empathy and thus build peaceful interactions so needed in human communication nowadays.