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  2. Autotopagnosia - Wikipedia

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    Since the condition by definition is an inability to recognize the human body and its parts, the disorder could stem from a language deficit specific to body parts. On the other hand, the patient could have a disrupted body image or a variation of the inability to separate parts from whole.

  3. Autosuggestion - Wikipedia

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    Émile Coué identified two very different types of self-suggestion: . intentional, "reflective autosuggestion": made by deliberate and conscious effort, andunintentional, "spontaneous auto-suggestion": which is a "natural phenomenon of our mental life … which takes place without conscious effort [and has its effect] with an intensity proportional to the keenness of [our] attention".

  4. Semiotic theory of Charles Sanders Peirce - Wikipedia

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    Here is Peirce's definition of the triadic sign relation that formed the core of his definition of logic: Namely, a sign is something, A, which brings something, B, its interpretant sign determined or created by it, into the same sort of correspondence with something, C, its object, as that in which itself stands to C. (Peirce 1902, NEM 4, 20 ...

  5. Nonverbal communication - Wikipedia

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    Learned non-verbal cues require a community or culture for their reinforcement. For example, table manners are not innate capabilities upon birth. Dress code is a non-verbal cue that must be established by society. Hand symbols, whose interpretation can vary from culture to culture, are not innate nonverbal cues.

  6. Sensory cue - Wikipedia

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    A cue is some organization of the data present in the signal which allows for meaningful extrapolation. For example, sensory cues include visual cues, auditory cues, haptic cues, olfactory cues and environmental cues. Sensory cues are a fundamental part of theories of perception, especially theories of appearance (how things look).

  7. Gesture - Wikipedia

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    Example of waving in a greeting. A gesture is a form of non-verbal communication or non-vocal communication in which visible bodily actions communicate particular messages, either in place of, or in conjunction with, speech. Gestures include movement of the hands, face, or other parts of the body.

  8. Posture (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    Self-validation theory is when a participant's posture has a significant effect on their self-evaluation of their emotions. An example of this is an experiment where participants had to think and then write positive qualities of themselves in a confident or doubtful posture. [ 6 ]

  9. Entitativity - Wikipedia

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    This cue of common fate suggests a shared objective or coordinated purpose among members. For example, a marching band moving in sync signals collective unity and purpose to observers. [2] Finally, Campbell describes pregnance (or Pragnanz), good continuity, and good figure as cues to entitativity.