nonverbal communication

Preferred Label : nonverbal communication;

MeSH definition : Transmission of emotions, ideas, and attitudes between individuals in ways other than the spoken language.;

MeSH synonym : communication, nonverbal; nonverbal communications; Non-verbal Communication; Communication, Non-verbal; Non verbal Communication; Non-verbal Communications; Communications, Non-Verbal;

CISMeF synonym : communications, nonverbal;

MeSH hyponym : Communication, Haptic; Communications, Haptic; Haptic Communications;

MeSH annotation : human only; for animals use ANIMAL COMMUNICATION or VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL; consider also MANUAL COMMUNICATION & SIGN LANGUAGE; human only; for animals use ANIMAL COMMUNICATION or VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL; consider also MANUAL COMMUNICATION & SIGN LANGUAGE; for issues concerning health, coordinate with SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonverbal communication;

Details

Origin ID

D009633;

UMLS CUI

C0028325;

Allowable qualifiers
- physiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- psychology [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Nonverbal communication [HPMULTI term]
- Nonverbal communication [UNESCO concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- communicator [Q-code]
Record concept(s)
- Haptic Communication [MeSH concept]
- nonverbal communication [MeSH concept]
See also
- Haptic Technology [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Social Behavior [UMLS semantic type]

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