You are in a conversation with someone and you have a desire to talk, so you speed up your backchanneling cues of nodding your head, you lean in, and you raise your index finger. Which category of kinesic behavior is this?

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The kinesic behavior described is that of a regulator, as the individual is using body language to signal to their conversation partner that they want to speak and contribute to the conversation. Regulators are nonverbal cues that help control and coordinate communication, such as nodding, leaning in, and raising a finger to indicate a desire to speak. Illustrators are gestures that accompany speech to illustrate or emphasize a point, adaptors are self-touching behaviors that can indicate discomfort or anxiety, and emblems are gestures that have a specific culturally agreed-upon meaning, such as signaling "OK" with the index finger and thumb.

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