Does it look like the person in the picture above is trying to emphasize a particular point? What emotion is she trying to attach to what she is saying?
In one particular lecture about presenting scientific research, I spend a few minutes talking about body language. Inevitably, a student usually asks this question, "do people place arbitrary meaning on body language, or does it really matter? The following video answers that question very well in the first 3-4 minutes.
http://www.ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_language_shapes_who_you_are.html
Need another example?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U9RfxYR5XA&feature=related
This one is just as interesting:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evpn-U3t-i0&feature=related
Body language don'ts . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfE7aVa_mSo&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PHwaE6rd4c
After today's lecture, I realized why I haven't been reading people accurately. I never put the whole puzzle together.
ReplyDeleteI guess the game goes on. :|