Human body is capable of sending more than 7 Lac different non-verbal signals that others pick up. Some body language is the same regardless of sex.
There are some primary elements of body language : Face, Eyes, Posture, Gestures, Voice, Movement, Touch and Appearance.
There are some primary elements of body language : Face, Eyes, Posture, Gestures, Voice, Movement, Touch and Appearance.
Posture & Gesture Posture includes how the head, shoulders, legs, arms and hips are held. Each of these body parts work separately as well as together ot send non-verbal cues.
Voice Voice is included in body language - tone of voice, volume, emotion and pace - as there are many vocal cues from the voice in addition to words.
Touch Touch is capable of communicating so many different messages. Touch can be divided into four main categories : friendship, professional, social and intimacy.
Appearance Appearance includes clothes, neatness, body shape and anything else that provides visual messages and cues to other people.
Eyes Reading the eyes can play a major part in reading body language over all. Different directions of the eye convey different message. If you pay attention to the eyes, they convey tons of information / messages about a person.
Movement of Eyes & Meanings (i) Looking Right - Creating, Guessing, Lying, Storytelling. (ii) Looking Left - Recalling, Remembering, Retrieving "facts". (iii) Looking Right & Up - Visual Imagining, Fabrication, Lying. (iv) Looking Right & Sideways - Imagining Sounds (v) Looking Right & Down - Accessing Feelings. (vi) Looking Left & Up - Rcalling Images, Truthfulness (vii) Looking Left & Sideways - Self-talking, Rationalizing (viii) Rubbing Eyes - Disbelief, Upset or Tiredness (ix) Eye Shrug (Upward Eye Roll) - Frustration. & (x) Raised Eyebrows or Flash - Greeting, Recognition, Acknowledgement.
With one or combination of these elements, there are seven universal body language messages : sadness, fear, boredom, anger, distaste, happiness and surprise.