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Consider the follwoing: How can touch effect emotions? Follow the links below in order to analyze studies conducted to explain the theory of emotions and touch. [|Five-Second Touch Conveys Specific Emotions] [|Signals of Emotions for Communication Across Cultures]

What about non-verbal communication? Do you think the body gestures we make affect our mood or evoke different emotions? (Please remember to post any responses.) Take the smile for example. The smile is said to incite a hormone within your body that tells your brain you're happy. Do you think other gestures can effect us through the physical movement? Physical gestures evoke the emotions that our brains associate them with. Take the individuals in this next video for example. Each of the people in the video are from a different part of the world and convey their emotions differently. Do you think the emotion is triggered by their non-verbal gestures too?

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