We love to analyze photos of friends or even politicians but are they always reliable in letting us know what people are thinking, feeling, desiring, or intending?
There are people who intentionally look for and collect social slights for their personal benefit. Who are these Wound Collectors and what can we expect?
Body language reflects our feelings, thoughts, fears, desires, and intentions - it is no less so for those who care for autistic children or adults: A look at the nonverbals of caregivers.
The shoulders are probably one of the most ignored areas of the body and yet when it comes to nonverbal communications, this is one area that truly reveals how we feel.
Deception is something we live with every day and we seek to detect it in order to protect ourselves as well as to get to the truth of a matter. Here is a look at how well we can detect deception and what are some of the more serious implications of getting it wrong from the view of the practitioner as well as the researcher.
If I ask an audience if someone has ever had their space violated, invariably all the hands go up. Some hands go up rather dramatically perhaps signifying how offended they were or perhaps that they are especially sensitive to spatial violations. We have all had this happen to us whether in an elevator, at the grocery checkout, or perhaps while talking to people at work.
