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BODY LANGUAGE

by Gyanvitaranam

   Co m m u n i c a t i o n means transferring of our ideas and thoughts from our brain to another person’s brain. It consists of verbal language, body language and tone. Body language is a kind of nonverbal communication, where thoughts, intentions or feelings are expressed by physical behaviours, such as facial expressions, body posture, gestures, eye movement, touch and the use of space. Body language exists in both animals and humans but this article focuses on interpretations of human body language. Experts value 55% for body language, 7% for verbal and 38% for tone. Supposing I ask the audience to touch their chin while my index finger touches my cheek, almost all the people would touch their cheeks instead of chins. That’s the power of body language.

Facial expression

   Facial expression is integral when expressing emotions through the body. Combinations of eyes, eyebrow, lips, nose and cheek movements help form different....

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