Body Language

Controlling a bore Looking a tedious, dull, and mind-numbing bore straight in the eyes without flinching is a highly effective w ...

The Wandering Eye: Breaking Eye Contact ................................................. Avoiding or breaking eye contact can i ...

The eye shuttle ..................................................................................... When you observe someone f ...

Figure 5-3: The sideways glance away from you can indicate a lack of interest. Figure 5-2: The sideways glance with a smile show ...

If, during a conversation, the listener shoots a glance out of the corner of her eye and combines the action with down-turned ey ...

Blinking longer than usual If you’ve ever been in conversation with someone who, while speaking, blocks you out by shutting her ...

Examples of pressures that can cause rapid blinking include the following: Normal stress.Sometimes a high blinking rate doesn’t ...

Sit in a hotel lobby or at a bar and Eyebrow Flash everyone who passes by. You find that most people return the Flash and smile. ...

Flicking, flashing, and fluttering ......................................................... Fluttering your eyelids is usually ...

Chapter 6 Lip Reading In This Chapter
Recognising how the lips reveal thoughts, feelings, and emotions
Differentiating the smi ...

92 Part II: Starting at the Top The unconscious tension in your lips indicates how you really feel, regardless of what you say. ...

Loose lips .............................................................................................. People who are relaxed ...

The concept of maintaining a stiff upper lip, in which sentiments are reined in, dates back to the 1800s and is typical of the E ...

My brother Al’s two little daughters, Cathy and Cristina, are fantastic pouters. When they’re angry, sad, disappointed, or just ...

Pursing as a sign of disagreement ...................................................... Pursed lips, in which the lips are puck ...

Tensing your lips and biting back your words ................................. When you lock your jaw, your lips tighten. They p ...

Studies conducted by Professors Marvin Hecht and Marianne La France at Boston University indicate that the smile is a submissive ...

The lop-sided smile .............................................................................. When your muscles pull the si ...

You may deliberately position your mouth in a lop-sided smile – like Hugh Grant or Paris Hilton – if you want to show your pleas ...

The turn-away smile........................................................................... Turn your head down and away whil ...