Body language can tell you when someone feels anxious, angry, excited, or any emotion. It may also suggest personality traits (i.e., whether someone is shy or outgoing). But, body language can be misleading. It is subject to a person's mood, energy level, and circumstances. They can also be used to communicate a person’s feelings or attitudes, such as contempt for someone or something, or interest in something. Fear is the fourth most commonly recognized facial expression and is generally associated with negative emotions such as terror, horror, and alarm. It is generally characterized by the presence of a look of terror and the use of the lower muscles in the face. Facial expressions, gestures, and eye gaze are often identified as the three major types of body language, but other aspects such as posture and personal distance can also be used to convey information. Understanding body language is important, but it is also essential to pay attention to other cues such as context. In many cases, you should look at signals as a group rather than focus on a single action. Anger is typically conveyed through a scowl or a scream. A scowl can indicate that a character is angry, while a scream can indicate that a character is very upset.

Fred HL. Banning the handshake from healthcare settings is not the solution to poor hand hygiene. Tex Heart Inst J. 2015;42(6):510-511. doi:10.14503/THIJ-15-5254 Some gestures may be cultural, however, so giving a thumbs-up or a peace sign in another country might have a completely different meaning than it does in the United States.Another thing to keep in mind is the body language of the character. Characters who are angry will often have clenched fists and a furrowed brow, while characters who are sad will often have downcast eyes and a sad expression.

Bodies speak louder than words. Your gesture, posture, body movements, and your body language have a way of speaking things out loud on its own. This book explains how the slightest of body movements like a crook on a smile can change the whole meaning and intentions behind that smile. We have coined the phrase DISPLAY RULES to describe what people learn, probably quite early in their lives, about the need to manage the appearance of particular emotions in particular situations. For example, middle-class, urban, white, adult males in the United States follow the display rule of not showing fear in public. Their female counterparts in the pre-matron or pre-maternal role follow the display rule of not showing anger in public. Originally, you may learn the display rule by being told what to do and not to do, or you may learn it by observation and imitation without ever being specifically instructed. Once learned, display rules operate as habits, much like driving a car. You don't think about what you are doing unless you find you have made a mistake. People pause to consider what display rule to follow only if they are in strange circumstances (display rules vary from culture to culture) or if they can't figure out what the situation is, what their role is, what is expected of them. He just sat there and frowned at the piece of paper for hours before suddenly jumping out of his chair and running out of the room. What a strange doctor.” Facial expressions with your eyes Wide-eyed A third reason for facial control is vocational requirement. Actors, obviously, must be skilled in managing their facial expressions. So must good diplomats, trial attorneys, salesmen, politicians, doctors, nurses, and perhaps even teachers.... Contempt is expressed by a curled lip and is associated with emotions such as disdain, smugness, and arrogance. What are the 21 facial expressions?Examples of body language include facial expressions, eye gaze, gestures, posture, and body movements. In many cases, the things we don't say can convey volumes of information. Discover the true feelings of your clients and partners, both in your professional and personal life.

You know, that expression that says “Hmmm… That’s interesting, but how did it happen? I’m a bit confused but also interested!”Surprise is expressed by widened eyes and a raised brow and is associated with emotions such as astonishment, amazement, and disbelief. Yan W-J, Wu Q, Liang J, Chen Y-H, Fu X. How fast are the leaked facial expressions: The duration of micro-expressions. J Nonverbal Behav. 2013;37(4):217-230. doi:10.1007/s10919-013-0159-8 In the current state of worldwide affairs, knowing how people feel is a vital skill. Knowing when people are lying, even more so. Comic books are a unique form of storytelling that use pictures and dialogue to tell a story. One of the most important aspects of comic books is the expression of the characters. Each character has a unique tone of voice that is expressed through their facial features and body language. Foley GN, Gentile JP. Nonverbal communication in psychotherapy. Psychiatry (Edgmont). 2010;7(6):38-44.