Body Language The Silent Messenger

As extreme and irrational as these results and claims may seem, review some of your recent positive and negative transactions with one or more people. To what extent was your speaking effectiveness influenced by your body language How much were you affected, as you spoke and as you listened, by theirs Some examples of body language as interpreted in some western cultures (Quilliam 2009, Wang 2009) are  

Look for repetition and consistency. A single type of body language exhibited for an instant must not be interpreted out of context with other types of body language. Someone might touch their nose because it itches or look at the ceiling because they admire the hght fixture. You get the idea  

By the way, when you read body language, you are using primarily the right side of your brain. Your brain s right side operates or thinks in a visual, perceptual, and simultaneous mode contrasted with your brain s left side which thinks in a verbal, analytic, and sequential mode (Edwards 1999). Refer to the Chapter 7 section titled Mind Mapping for additional discussion of how the brain s hemispheres function. 

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