I. The biological and cultural background : 1. Introduction -- 2. Non-verbal communication in animals -- 3. Bodily communication in human society -- 4. Cultural differences and uniformities in bodily communication.
II. The different uses of bodily communication : 5. The expression of emotion -- 6. Communicating interpersonal attitudes -- 7. Sending information about personality -- 8. Non-verbal communication and speech -- 9. NVC in society: ritual and ceremony -- 10. NVC in society: politics and persuasion.
III. The different bodily signals : 11. Facial expression -- 12. Gaze -- 13. Gestures and bodily movements -- 14. Posture -- 15. Bodily contact -- 16. Spatial behavior -- 17. Clothes: physique and other aspects of appearance -- 18. Non-verbal vocalizations.