title: [The hands--means of expression for relationship, creativity and coping].
abstract: The hand is an important active sense organ. Hands help human beings to organise and change the environment, and most developments of mankind would not have been possible without hands. The hands also made a great contribution to the high degree of brain development. The hands are an important characteristic feature of identity and identification and sign of individuality as well. Human hands have a long history as an instrument of social interaction and as an object of social attention. The language of hands offers many kinds of expression and gestures help to underline the words.
authors.affiliation: Klinische Abteilung für Psychosomatische Medizin, Universitätsklinik für Psychiatrie, Anichstrasse 35, Innsbruck, Austria. johann.kinzl@uklibk.ac.at
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Kinzl
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001921:Brain / Q000254:growth & development; D003405:Creativity; D007839:Functional Laterality; D005868:Gestures; D006225:Hand / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D012813:Sign Language