Webthe culture in which the silence occurs can itself determine its meaning:

When silence speaks volumes.

Webin an integrative science symposium at the inaugural international convention of psychological science in amsterdam, the netherlands, an eminent panel.

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It can be a potent indicator of underlying conflicts.

What of silence that defies cultural norms and/or power.

In others, it is an absence of.

Webexperiences of emotional absence, such as feeling numb with shock or grief, feeling unamused, or feeling fearless, are not simply flat or neutral states of awareness,.

In some cultures, for example, it implies wisdom or respect;

Silence can be more than the absence of words;

She was sitting in a youth bible.

Webwhat of silence that we must train our bodies to produce—to listen intensely or extensively, to meditate?

Webneedless to say, for long, silences have been understood as placeholders whose main function was to signal the absence, e. g. , of audible sound, linguistic signs,.

The literal, the epistemological and the ontological.

Illustration by wesley allsbrook.

Webvan manen (1990) illustrates the multifaceted nature of silence by describing three variations:

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