INDEX 249nail biting sign of, 197–98
nonverbal behavior showing, 29
pacifying behavior linked to, 50
signs of, 197–98
women dealing with, 44
yawning caused by, 45
students/teachers, 2
suprasternal notch, 38–39, 42, 43
Supreme Court decision, 18–19
survival
animal heritage of, 25–26
communal, 27
swallows, hard, 217
sweaty hands, 143–44
synchrony
comfort levels and, 223–24
in nonverbal behaviors, 211–13
tattoos, 129
teachers/students, 2
tells. See also multiple tells
eye-blocking as, 178
multiple, 13, 83
of nonverbal behavior, 10–11
of nonverbal communications, 4
restrained arm behavior as, 115
universal, 10–11
ten commandments, nonverbal
communications, 7–17
territorial displays, 65–67, 102
of the arms, 119–31
arms spread in, 126
deception and, 229–30
significant changes in, 128
territorial imperative, 68
Terry v. Ohio, 18 –19
thoughts/feelings, 2, 182
threatening experience, 30–31, 35–37
thumb displays
high confidence in, 150–51
insecurity in, 155
low confidence in, 153–54
tie, men adjusting, 42
toes, pointing upward, 64
tongue displays, 193–95, 195
the torso
adornments, 98
baring, 103
bow, 95–97
breathing behavior and,
103 – 4
embellishments, 97–100
lean, 86–87, 90
limbic system protecting, 107
protecting, 92
shield, 91–95
splays, 101–3
true sentiments reflected by, 85
travel, 200
truth
of body language, 4
cooperation not equated to, 221
society functioning on, 206–7
the torso reflecting, 85
“turtle effect,” 29, 30, 106undesirable images, 176–79
United States, 198–99
universal language, 165–66
upper body, 86–106
upside-down U, 188–89the ventilator, 47–48, 49
ventral denial/fronting, 88–91