Quotes About Nonverbal

the left brain is logical, linguistic, and literal, the right brain is emotional, nonverbal, experiential, and autobiographical

In sign language, conversations like these are unbelievably hard. You must look directly at the person as you talk to him, and as he talks to you. You can't avert your eyes to relieve the tension.

It's the body and eyes that tell what a person is thinking or going to do.

So much of marriage was implicit and nonverbal. Had I gotten so complacent I'd forgotten to communicate?

Commandment 3: Learn to recognize and decode nonverbal behaviors that are universal

Commandment 4: Learn to recognize and decode idiosyncratic nonverbal behaviors.

literature. There has been a myth for decades, now well debunked by more than twenty studies, that a person looking away or to the side while answering a question is being deceptive.

Commandment 8: Learning to detect false or misleading nonverbal signals is also critical.

Blocking behaviors may manifest in the form of closing the eyes, rubbing the eyes, or placing the hands in front of the face. The person may also distance herself from someone by leaning away, placing objects (a purse) on her lap, or turning her feet toward the nearest exit.

Commandment 9: Knowing how to distinguish between comfort and discomfort will help you to focus on the most important behaviors for decoding nonverbal communications.

USING PACIFIERS TO READ PEOPLE MORE EFFECTIVELY

Concerted (effortful) observation—is absolutely essential to reading people and detecting their nonverbal tells successfully.

You never have to explain what you don't say.

When it comes to leadership, silence is nonverbal communication. It communicates agreement and grants permission by saying, "What you're doing is fine.

If your face is going to "talk" for you anyway, you might as well have it communicate something positive.

That look you give your friend when they say something they weren't supposed to mention in front of your parents...

That bestfriend that you can have a whole conversation with... just by using facial expressions.

The art of reading physical tells isn't an exact science.

Face-to-face communication is inherently real-time and combines both verbal and nonverbal information.

You must never underestimate the power of the eyebrow.

I feel like people are always speaking with their eyes, their bodies, their hands, gestures, intonation, and their words - only mostly all we hear are the words. And the words get in the way. So if we just spoke with our eyes we might get closer to the truth.

Pois é": uma maneira tipicamente brasileira de não ficar quieto e ao mesmo tempo não dizer nada.

the tongue, for instance, is privileged with information indifferent to words.

I am not sure what it is that finally allows people to just turn to each other and touch. There is some hidden trigger. There is a secret language people learn, so they can signal to stop talking and just move. I don't know it.