AUTHOR=Burgoon Judee K. , Wang Xinran , Chen Xunyu , Pentland Steven J. , Dunbar Norah E. TITLE=Nonverbal Behaviors “Speak” Relational Messages of Dominance, Trust, and Composure JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology VOLUME=12 YEAR=2021 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.624177 DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2021.624177 ISSN=1664-1078 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.