Observing body language and considering it when trying to read another person’s motives, confidence, or feelings can be extremely helpful, as long as it doesn’t lead to quick judgments.

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Geoff Beattie has received funding from the ESRC for his work on gesture. Indeed, you can’t trust everything you read in body language guides. For example, in a book published in 1970, author ...

Most of us have come across these sorts of commonly held beliefs about body language. Many of us may even use them, consciously or subconsciously, to understand and navigate social and ...

Consider now a different example, where failing to study foreign cultural customs and differences in body language had internationally embarrassing consequences.

While the examples are a bit exaggerated, it’s clear that team Eleanor will gain the day. Other factors being equal, Eleanor’s nonverbal language bespeaks a leader who is confident, open ...

Body language expert Blanca Cobb explores the silent messages of trial witnesses and what they could mean.

This was followed by the Will Smith and Chris Rock incident in March 2022, for which body language experts discussed whether or not the entire incident was staged. (They concluded that it was not ...