Overview
A significant number of body movements used together (known as a cluster), is a sign of fear and readiness to give in.
This is most commonly seen in animals, where fighting (that could potentially kill one another) is avoided by the animals showing displays of anger like aggression (roaring etc) or submission.
Women use most of the same preening gestures as men (see here) like smoothing their hair, straightening their clothes, foot and body pointing towards the male they are interested in. They can also demonstrate the hands in pockets with thumbs protruding gesture although they are much more subtle typically a thumb [...]
Ever noticed someone covering their mouth either when they are talking or you are? They may cover the whole mouth or use a fist, or only a few fingers but essentially it all means the same thing - they are lying!
Evaluation of what you have to say/offer is typically shown by a closed hand on the cheek often with a finger pointed up.
Just like folded arms position, crossed legs can demonstrate that a negative attitude may exist. However crossed arms do indicate a more negative attitude than do crossed legs. Additionally the crossed arms gesture is more obvious.
So what is behind someone rubbing their eye whilst talking with you?
The theory is that the brain is attempting to block out the person’s deceit, lie or doubt that it is seeing or indeed avoiding having to look at the person to whom they are lying to.
How to tell if someone is not happy with a comment you just made.
Apart from them telling you, there are non verbal gestures humans make that can let you know whether they are happy with comments you made.
One way of telling if someone is not telling you the whole truth is to watch out for their hand going up to their nose.
If you notice the hand move up and touch the side of the nose it is a strong indication that they are either lying to you or that they are exaggerating [...]
Imagine you are giving a speech and members of your audience are demonstrating certain movements of their head with what you say.
This instalment brings to you a brief introduction into eye signals and how to tell if the person you are speaking with is telling the truth or not!