Introduction

Numerous items are covered in the introduction. First, it outlines what is and is not discussed in the book. Second, it answers the question of why this book was written. Third, it acquaints readers with the words, descriptors, terms, and initialisms that appear within the book’s chapters. Fourth, it provides an overview of nonverbal communication. Fifth, it describes a modern-lens approach to studying the nonverbal communication of our gendered and sexual selves. Sixth, it mentions the types of studies included in the book. Seventh, readers are introduced to a new model of nonverbal encoding, which is used to organize some of the research findings in Chaps. 2 and 3 .