Psychology of Gesture
By Charlotte Wolff
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First published 1945
London: Methuen
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Originally published in 1945, this title was a follow-up to
the author's previous book The Human Hand. This time she looks at the
psychology of gesture and its relation to personality. The special place that a
psychology of gesture merits is obvious. It permits a direct knowledge of
personality without any effort or misleading co-operation on the part of the
subject, since it can be applied without his being aware of the fact. The book
'is constructed on a system of clinical studies and medico-psychological
interpretations.' The author felt that this title must be regarded as a
complementary study to her main studies. Charlotte Wolff was a German-British
physician who worked as a psychotherapist and wrote on sexology and hand
analysis.