What Every BODY Is Saying : An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Speed Reading People

TORSO TIPS 107

ONE FINAL COMMENT ON THE

TORSO AND SHOULDERS

There are a lot of books on nonverbal behavior that neglect to mention
the torso and the shoulders. That is unfortunate, because a lot of valuable
information comes to us from this portion of our physique. If you have
neglected to observe this area of the body for nonverbal clues, I hope the
material in this chapter has convinced you to expand your observational
range to include the “billboard” of the body. Its reactions are particularly
honest because, with so many of our vital organs housed there, the limbic
brain takes great care to protect our torsos.