The NEUROGES® Analysis System for Nonverbal Behavior and Gesture

The NEUROGES® analysis system is an objective and reliable interdisciplinary research tool for analysis of body movement and gesture. The system has been field-tested on more than 500 individuals from cultures of five continents, including healthy adults and children as well as individuals with mental illness or brain damage, and further, on non-human primates. Following up on the first book on theoretical background of the NEUROGES® system, which was published in 2013, this book contains the complete coding manual for the application of the system in research including an interactive video learning tool with video examples of all NEUROGES® hand movement and gesture types, training videos, and a template file for the Multimedia Annotator ELAN.

Hedda Lausberg is Full Professor of Neurology, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychiatry at the German Sport University Cologne, as well as Dance Movement Therapist. Her research focuses on movement behavior and gesture in relation to cognitive, emotional, and interactive processes and on movement analysis methodology.