Mark Knapp b. 1938
Professor Mark Knapp is internationally known for his
research and writing on nonverbal communication and human relationships. A
professor, consultant, lecturer, trainer and author, Knapp has helped many
individuals, businesses and groups with their nonverbal communication,
something he classifies as being almost all human communication, except the
spoken or written word. His work includes studies into touch (one of our
earliest and most basic forms of communication), hand gestures (which must be
consistent and synchronised with our words), honesty (which we emphasise
through our hands), lying and deception. His published research also included
greeting and parting behaviours, conversational starting, turn-taking and end
signalling, and play behaviour. Among his findings are that the congenitally
blind still cover their eyes when hearing bad news.
Read Nonverbal Communication in Human Interaction
(1972) New York, NY: Holt, Rinehart & Winston.
