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The Role of Orienting Behavior in Human Interaction

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In this paper, we deal with a class of movements and Positions observed in human interaction which we have called orienting behavior: the orientation of the eyes, head and the whole body towards the partner. This behavior is based on physical structures in the human body, which, as with all other organisms that move in space, has its organs for input and output located in a distinct frontal orientation.

A German version of this paper appears under the title: “Uber die Signalfunktion des Blickes in der Interaktion”, in Sozialtheorie und Soziale Praxis. Festschrift fur Eduard Baumgarten, Hain — Meisenheim/ Glan, 1969.

I am indebted to Agnes v. Cranach and to Dr. William Charlesworth for assistance in preparing the English manuscript.

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    Aristide Henri Esser

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von Cranach, M. (1971). The Role of Orienting Behavior in Human Interaction. In: Esser, A.H. (eds) Behavior and Environment. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1893-4_16

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