I wanted if I read their real feelings and responded appropriately to their needs.
Lisa Eliassainthas quoted2 years ago
told me to go away in a soft voice but used a pointed finger or closed hand, I knew it was time to leave
Lisa Eliassainthas quoted2 years ago
It's about matching what you see and hear in the environment in which it all happens and drawing probable conclusions
Lisa Eliassainthas quoted2 years ago
Most people, however, only see the things they think they are seeing
Lisa Eliassainthas quoted2 years ago
ability to read a person's attitudes and thoughts by their behavior was the original communication system used by humans before spoken language evolved
Lisa Eliassainthas quoted2 years ago
years of our evolution, body language has been actively studied on any scale only since the 1960's and that most of the public has become aware
Lisa Eliassainthas quoted2 years ago
body language and sounds made in the throat were the main forms of conveying emotions and feelings, and that is still the case today.
Lisa Eliassainthas quoted2 years ago
pre-twentieth-century work was Charles Darwin's The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, published in 1872, but this work tended to be read mainly by academics
Lisa Eliassainthas quoted2 years ago
total impact of a message is about 7 percent verbal (words only) and 38 percent vocal (including tone of voice, inflection, and other sounds) and 55 percent nonverbal
Lisa Eliassainthas quoted2 years ago
It's how you looked when you said it, not what you actually said