non-verbal leak

English

Alternative forms

• Non-Verbal Leak
• NVL (abbreviation)

Noun

non-verbal leak (plural non-verbal leaks)

1. A repetitive, patterned movement from the shoulders up, reflecting an unresolved perceived trauma and manifesting an old decision or strategy from the past.
   • 1988, Richard W. Byrne, Andrew Whiten, Machiavellian intelligence: social expertise and the evolution of intellect in monkeys, apes, and humans, Clarendon Press, page 247:

     (2) more able to control affective expression and inhibit non-verbal leaks;

   • 1989, Walburga Von Raffler-Engel, Doctor-patient Interaction, John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 32:

     Such “non-verbal leaks” give away a person’s real attitude.

   • Summer 2007, Barry Austin Goodfield, Saddam Hussein: The Unconscious Mind of The Butcher of Baghdad—New Tools Reveal What the World Does Not Know in The Forensic Examiner, page 39:

     The Goodfield Method is based on the non-verbal leak (NVL), which is a repetitive, patterned head-and-neck movement that reflects an individual’s unresolved, perceived trauma.

   • Winter 2007, Leann Long, The Goodfield Method: An Interview with Dr. Barry Goodfield in The Forensic Examiner, page 62:

     Check out The Summer 2006 and Summer 2007 issues of The Forensic Examiner to read about Dr. Goodfield's analysis of the Non-Verbal Leaks of Slobodan Milosevic and Saddam Hussein.

   • 2008, Barry Goldman, The Science of Settlement: Ideas for Negotiators, Aliaba, page 65:

     Jeffrey Krivis, a prominent California mediator, has reviewed the literature on “Interpersonal Deception Theory” and compiled this list of non-verbal leaks that may help reveal when a speaker is lying.