The workshop is dedicated to the exploration of the intricacies of
non-verbal communication across species. The meeting, scheduled to
take place on October 2024 at Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre
for Scientific Culture, International School of Ethology, Erice, Italy
aims to bring together a diverse array of researchers, scholars, and
practitioners who share a common interest in unraveling the complexities
of communication beyond linguistic boundaries. In particular, the aim is
to unveal the nuances of non-verbal communication within and between
human dyads, as well as across different species. As evolutionary
biologists, you are keenly aware of the pivotal role that communication
plays in shaping social dynamics, facilitating cooperation, and driving
evolutionary processes. From the subtle gestures and facial expressions
exchanged between individuals within a species to the intricate
signaling mechanisms employed in interspecies interactions, non-verbal
communication serves as a rich tapestry through which behaviors,
emotions, and intentions are conveyed and interpreted. The purpose of
the present workshop is to give an overview of the "state of the art"
of the importance of the ethological approach for the understanding
of nonverbal communication between human interactions specifically in
clinical therapeutic setting. Given our evolutionary history nonverbal
behaviour will be explored in nonhuman primates and in animal- human
interactions. This aim will be achieved by interdisciplinary discussion
between ethologists, primatologists, child psychologists, psychiatrists
and psycotherapists.

Chiara Scopa, PhD student
Dipartimento di Medicina e Chirurgia, Unità di Neuroscienze
Università di Parma
Viale delle Scienze 11/A, 43124, Parma

Chiara SCOPA <chiara.scopa@unipr.it>

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