| eye contact | | Movement or gesture that controls the flow of a conversation |
| nonverbalcommunication | | The study of bodily movements as a means of communication |
| chronemics | | Movement or gesture one uses in times of stress |
| silence | | May accent, contradict, or substitute for communication using words |
| olfactics | | May be used to signal a lack of interest, maintain privacy, or avoid unpleasant stimuli |
| illustrator | | The way in which space is defined and protected |
| eye avoidance | | Movement or gesture that carries an exact meaning without being verbalized |
| kinesics | | The way one's manner of speaking communicates attitudes or other shades of meaning |
| emblem | | The study of the way in which time is organized, reacted to, and used to communicate |
| territoriality | | Movement or gesture that adds to or clarifies verbal meaning |
| paralanguage | | The study of spatial distances between individuals and the subtle messages they convey |
| proxemics | | May be used to allow the speaker time to think, as a weapon to hurt the receiver, or to prevent communication |
| adaptor | | The study of smell and its impact on communication |
| regulator | | May be used to open the channel of communication, send feedback, or signal the nature of the relationship |