Silent Speech
-a study of non-verbal communication in young children.
Raphael is three years old. He has a bar of chocolate. Another child approaches him; instead of offering him a bite, Raphael responds by waving his arms up and down. What do the expressions and movements of children mean?
Professor Hubert Montagner of the University of Besancon in Eastern France has been studying - and filming-such scenes for the last seven years. He finds there is a connection between body language and the levels of certain hormones in the children and that they match the hormone levels and body language of the mothers. (Fathers do not seem to be involved.)
The programme shows how Raphael's responses switched when his mother's behaviour towards him changed.
Narrator PAUL VAUGHAN
Editor SIMON CAMPBELL-JONES
Presented by CHRISTOPHER WOOLLEY