Abstract
The nonverbal communication of like-dislike information was studied by superimposing all possible combinations of three facial expressions which communicated liking, neutrality, or disliking onto two body-posture pictures of a female which communicated liking or disliking. A treatment by treatment analysis of variance indicated significant effects for facial expression, posture and the interaction of these factors for 30 female undergraduates. Post-experimental t tests indicated a complex relationship between facial expression and body posture. It was concluded that body posture can communicate information in the presence of facial expression and that body posture probably moderates the information communicated by the face.
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