Hand and Mind: What Gestures Reveal About Thought - Understanding Nonverbal Communication for Psychology, Education & Business Meetings

As to the one bad review of 3 reviews, and I don't say this with animosity, but rather with an understanding of the recondite nature of the writing, would necessarily engender the harangue expounded by the reviewer. The erudition obvious in Professor McNeill's writing is comprehensible only by a small majority of the population who've reached a pinnacle of the mastery of the technically advanced jargon throughout the writing, as well as a mastery of words appropriate to the subject. For people who know they are at this level, this is THE level of knowledge they have been looking for. There is no better book on this subject. This is why the book was awarded Honorable Mention as the "Best Psychology Book of 1992" by the Association of American Publishers. For people who are not at this level (See Sapir-Whorf hypothesis), this is a good primer to have a glimpse of an awareness they have never known. If one wants to move up to a higher level of awareness, this book is not only well suited for the subject matter discussed, but is also a beginning to expand a person's ability to become aware of the logic and use of words that will improve their schema, provided they are willing to undergo the necessary study of both higher level words, as well as the logic used in the writing.