The piece discusses how political identity shapes the way people interpret smiles, with Republicans showing a stronger tendency to view smiles as tools for managing social hierarchy rather than bonding. It highlights how nonverbal expressions connect to broader political and cultural contexts and how party identification can influence perceptions of social cues. The study suggests that interpretations of facial expressions are linked to group identity and social dynamics within political life.

This topic is of interest to psychology because it explores nonverbal communication, social cognition, and how group affiliations shape perception and interpretation of everyday social signals.

Article Title: Republicans are more likely to see a smile as a play for power, study suggests

Link to PsyPost Article: https://nolinkpreview.com/www.psypost.org/republicans-are-more-likely-to-see-a-smile-as-a-play-for-power-study-suggests/

#nonverbalcommunication #socialcognition #politicalpsychology #facialexpressions #smileinterpretation #partyidentification #hierarchy #socialbonding #interpersonalperception #psychologynews

Japanese symbols that speak without words

https://arun.is/blog/japan-symbols/

#HackerNews #JapaneseSymbols #NonVerbalCommunication #CulturalSignificance #VisualLanguage #JapanCulture

This article reports that slower speaking speeds are linked to greater politeness, and that people perceive slower speech as more formal and courteous across contexts and experiments.

The topic highlights how non-verbal vocal delivery shapes social perception, offering a concrete example of how psychology investigates everyday communication cues without requiring language comprehension.

Article Title: New psychology research finds a subtle link between speaking speed and politeness

Link to PsyPost Article: https://nolinkpreview.com/www.psypost.org/new-psychology-research-finds-a-subtle-link-between-speaking-speed-and-politeness/

#politeness #speakingtempo #speechrate #psycholinguistics #nonverbalcommunication #socialdistance #politenesstheory #vocalcues #communicationresearch #socialpsychology

My AAC app added a paid level to add more custom images to buttons 😭
They're otherwise free and I get that they're growing and have increasing costs but this makes me so sad

@RodPitcher
this is an awful business, Rod

it doesn’t even make sense that they refuse to deal with people in writing.

I do not have autism, but for various reasons i some times find myself unable to speak at all. I am also not legally deaf, but after discussion with my psychologist, i signed up for the national relay service.
while i absolutely agree with you it is shameful the various ways government departments now ignore people, i hope you consider using the national relay service.

there are various options, depending on your needs, including a facility that allows you to deal with the relay service using text messages on your phone. this means you do not need to sign up for special equipment used by people in the deaf community.

https://www.accesshub.gov.au/about-the-nrs

#Auspol #NonVerbalCommunication