NONVERBAL-COMMUNICATION - EXPERIMENTAL-TH EORETICAL AND APPLIED ASPECTS

The paper describes the works of the laboratory of non-verbal communic ation (NVC) involved in research into non-verbal means and processes o f communication. The specificity of the laboratory consists in the stu dy of NVC problems not only on the model traditional for Western and R ussian science (spoken language) but also on the model of artistic cre ativity. A most complete classification was worked out in the laborato ry of various kinds of non-verbal information. Regularities of their p erception are studied in persons of different age and of different pro fessional categories. A model of a two-channel (verbal-non-verbal) sys tem of communication between people is suggested. A concept of emotion al ear is formulated for the first time which is considered to be one of the most important perceptual parts of the NVC system. A notion abo ut an artistic type of man is developed in the light of the NVC theory . Theoretical studies are oriented to the solution of a number of appl ied problems in the field of professional selection, pedagogics, crimi nal law, medical psychology.