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Published by Jaico Publishing House
A-2 Jash Chambers, 7-A Sir Phirozshah Mehta Road
Fort, Mumbai - 400 001
www.jaicobooks.com

David Cohen

Published in arrangement with
Sheldon Press
36 Causton Street
London SW1P 4ST

BODY LANGUAGE
ISBN 978-81-8495-712-9

First Jaico Impression: 2015

No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.

CONTENTS

List of illustrations

About the author

Introduction

1 The science of body language

2 The basics of body language

3 First impressions

4 Personal space and the personal touch

5 Body languages telling little details

6 The language of the eyes

7 The language of the face

8 Body language at work

9 The body language of flirting and fancying

10 The body language of lying

11 C ross-cultural body language

12 The joy of understanding body language

References

Illustrations

Figures

1.1	Unconditional personal regard
1.2	Man and ape
1.3	The Machiavellian
1.4	The play face
1.5	A sign of lying: a hand over the mouth
1.6	a displacement activity: scratching behind the ear
1.7	Watching others discreetly
2.1	Mirroring or postural echo
2.2	Six basic facial expressions
2.3	The difference between male and female styles of sitting
2.4	Hand gestures: tapping
2.5	hand gestures: palm up, palm down and clenched fist
2.6	Arm positions: hands in pockets
2.7	The homunculus: percentages of brain space devoted to parts of the body
2.8	The knee clasp
2.9	The ankle wrap
2.10	crossed legs
2.11	The dominant stare
2.12	The eyelid flutter
2.13	The eyes: pupil sizes
2.14	A displacement activity: the hair flick
3.1	A confident person
3.2	Joining a conversation
3.3	A posture suggesting lack of confidence
3.4	Two knights shake hands
3.5	Different types of handshake
3.6	Social kissing
4.1	'in your face'
4.2	A frame-by-frame kiss
4.3	'Keep-out' signals
4.4	'Cross into my personal space'
4.5	'Do not cross into my personal space'
5.1	Swinging away from others
5.2	Palms up and palms down
5.3	Lacing and steepling the fingers
5.4	The classic arm cross
5.5	The low hand cross
5.6	Hands on hips: the 'gunslinger' pose
5.7	Toe in
5.8	Toe out
5.9	The male head tilt
5.10	Rubbing the back of the neck
5.11	The shoulder shrug
5.12	Clenched lips
5.13	Yawning
5.14	Fidgeting with jewellery
5.15	Personal space: the 'Spacemaker'
6.1	Direct gaze and averted gaze
6.2	Nine types of direct and averted gaze for babies to respond to
6.3	Flashbulb eyes
6.4	Eyebrow lowering
6.5	Visual accessing clues
7.1	The trustworthy smile 94
7.2	Facial action coding
8.1	Wolves displaying dominance and submission
8.2	Mirroring posture in an interview
8.3	Sitting 'enthroned' at a corner desk
8.4	Body language at a meeting
9.1	Flirting
9.2	Appraising the potential for flirting
9.3	Personal barrier signals
9.4	The linguistic battle of the sexes
9.5	couples and personal space: equal interest
9.6	couples and personal space: unequal interest
9.7	Body alignment 1
9.8	Body alignment 2
10.1	A sign of lying:'knee bobbling'
11.1	Personal space in different cultures
11.2	The Japanese bow
11.3	Male Arab body language
11.4	Touching to communicate
Table
3.1	Differences between dominant and submissive people

About the author

David Cohen is a psychologist and film-maker who has been studying body language off and on for the last 15 years. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine and the author of both serious and not-so-serious books, including Psychologists on Psychology (interviews with some of the world's greatest psychologists), Diana: Death of a Goddess, Mrs Beeton's Best Bits (on the cookery diva) and The Father's Book: Being a Good Dad in the 21st Century. His film on Soham, Our Daughter Holly , was nominated for the BAFTA award for the best current affairs programme in 2005. His latest film, Pushing the Limits , is about Mark Eccleston, who captained Britain's wheelchair rugby team. In real life David likes watching people's body language on the tube.

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