TITLE:
The Neurobiology of Human Super-Communication: Insights for Medicine and Business
AUTHORS:
Michael Hoffmann
KEYWORDS:
Multimodal Communication, Non-Verbal Communication, Non-Linguistic Communication, Super-Communication
JOURNAL NAME:
World Journal of Neuroscience,
Vol.11 No.4,
November
29,
2021
ABSTRACT: Background: Much adversity in our lives can be traced to a communication breakdown.
To communicate well, it helps to understand how our brains and its
communication hardware and software were assembled in the first place. With
these insights, comes a better understanding not only how we can best
communicate, but also why it is that way. We can be heard globally but fail to
relate to someone beside us. Current modes of human communication: Electronic
communication has had stupendous impacts, but cannot accomplish the fine-tuned,
penta-sensory input and multimodal output communication abilities we developed
over millions of years as primates. Even those developed before the age of
mammals, such as scent and sound, continue to influence and modulate our more
dominant vision sense. Hence, video-conferencing or skyping is unlikely to reliably
relay critical pupillometrics, facial micro expressions, body postures, leg
movements or scents. Although convenient to dispatch an email, twitter or
facebook message at any time during a 24-hour period, the intended message or
its impact may not be the optimal one. The remedy exists in knowing what
communication tools should be used for what purpose. Much of our interaction
involves important decisions, maneuvers, counseling and visionary ideas that
are most effectively communicated with the 10 communication modalities we
evolved with. Deployment of our communication modalities: An overview of
the communication unit assembly process and prodigious communication abilities
is presented and how to use these features to propel us back to our super
communicator status amongst our workers, patients, peers and colleagues.