non-verbal leak

English

Alternative forms

Non-Verbal Leak
NVL (abbreviation)

Noun

non-verbal leak (plural non-verbal leaks)

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.