A displacement gesture is a behaviour that serves to reduce anxiety in a social situation, for example to avert one's gaze or to fiddle with clothing or fidget. [Fisher, Helen S.' Psychology Today (1993), The Biology of Attraction online at [http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/index.php?term=pto-1718.html] ]
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