Body Language

Anna is a highly motivated recently qualified lawyer in a large London firm. She knows that, in part, her success depends on her ...

Displacement gestures......................................................................... When you’re feeling conflicting e ...

While speaking on the phone to my soon-to-be ex-husband I lit another ciga- rette which, after a drag or two, I stubbed out in t ...

When you see the sides of the lips turned up and the eyes crinkling at their outer edges, count on that smile being genuine in s ...

To know which attitude is being expressed, you have to look to see what the other body parts are doing. I was invited to speak a ...

The people who demonstrate respect for others, who think before acting, and who develop the necessary skills to create their des ...

The American anthropologist, Ray Birdwhistell, pioneered kinesics, the study of body movement and verbal communication. Replayin ...

and gestures known for the attitudes they effect, you can create any attitude and make it your own. Positive body language looks ...

I recently experienced my first tax audit, which had me in a bit of a state. Tom, my bookkeeper, and my accountant Rashmi, tell ...

Appreciating Cultural Differences................................................................ How much more exciting, intere ...

32 Part I: In the Beginning Was the Gesture ...

Chapter 2 Chapter 2: Looking Closer at Non-verbal Gestures ...................................................... Gestures In Th ...

broader field of human communication. These experts recognise that apply- ing that knowledge of non-verbal behaviour in practica ...

Studying the behaviour patterns of apes and monkeys, de Waal concludes that gestures used as specific signals are a more recent ...

The meaning of a gesture depends on the context in which it’s used, as well as on what other signals are being sent out at the s ...

Because of different interpretations of the same gesture between cultures, the correct reading is dependent on the context in wh ...

Adaptors Adaptorsinclude changes in posture and other movements, made with little awareness. These body adjustments are to perfo ...

reaction, or output. The process is straightforward and simple, requiring no prior experience or learned behaviour. An example o ...

Trained actions Some actions have to be learned. For example, say you want to wink. You give it a go and it doesn’t quite work. ...

Dancers, mimes, and people with speech impairments face a similar chal- lenge of conveying emotion without relying on the spoken ...