Psychology of body language

There exist not just a verbal language. Communication is also possible using body language and understanding it can help understand others.

We use our body to send signals unconsciously but revealing true feelings. But now it is also used in different aspects of public life, such as politics or interviews. Body language includes facial expressions, body posture, eye contact and other and is claimed to be influenced by both heredity and environment.

Here are some keys revealing the emotions of people showing specific signals. If a person crosses his/her arms, this means he puts a barrier between you and him/her. On the other hand, if a person is in a friendly mood, this may mean he is contemplative. If person looks at your eyes consistently, it may also have two different meanings. One is a positive attitude and another - a person simply doesn't trust you. In opposite situation, when there is no eye contact, a person may have a negative attitude towards you. If you notice a person gazing to somewhere else while you are speaking and doing such actions as touching ear or scratching chin, you have to know that person shows disbelief. To notice boredom is not a difficult task as well- head tilting or just unfocussed look at a speaker show that. But of course there are exceptions in understanding body language of people- you have to be aware of the fact that people with some certain diseases act in a different way as well as there exist differences among cultures.

People are not always tend to express their feelings, states in words or sometimes just are not capable of doing it. Therefore understanding body language is really beneficial.



References: http://www.lifepositive.com/mind/psychology/body-language/body-language.html , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_language