Decoding, Reading, and Interpreting Body Language - Tracing its Roots

Decoding, Reading, and Interpreting Body Language - Tracing its Roots

The Study of Nonverbal Communication - Tracing Its Roots

By Kevin Hogan

Internationally acclaimed Body Language Expert

The observation and discussion of body language has been around in one form or another since the days of ancient Rome and Greece. Body language and non-verbal behavior is referenced in many varied disciplines, such as anthropology, dance, psychiatry, and sociology. Even Charles Darwin tackled the subject of facial expressions in 1872; many of his thoughts have since been proven by modern researchers.

Body language as a formal area of study first emerged in the post-World War II years. The 1950’s saw the first few in-depth examinations of non-verbal communication and the 1960’s saw an exponential growth in the number and type of formal studies. The discipline continued to grow and change in the 1970’s, 1980’s, and 1990’s, with more growth and discovery happening in the current decade as well.

In the earliest years, researchers focused on body language as specific, separate actions with a single meaning. This gave way over the years to an understanding of body language as a complex aspect of communication where specific actions often have many different meanings depending on context, environment, culture, individual personalities, etc.

Why should you care about the formal study of body language?

It includes such topics as:

• Reading Body Language




• Decoding Body Language




• Cross Cultural Body Language




• Interpreting Body Language




• Woman Body Language




• Sex Body Language




• Man Body Language




• Business Body Language




• Lying Body Language




• Deception Detection




• Romantic Body Language
  
  

Because the information revealed through scientific activities of reading, decoding and interpreting body language is enormously important to every aspect of your everyday life. There is no escaping the power and influence of body language; research and study simply identify and define it in ways that you can apply in the real world.

The problem until now has been a lack of resources to help you understand the scientific side of body language and translate it into practical applications for your life. This book is designed to fill that gap so you can look at non-verbal communication in an entirely new (and practical) way. Then, learn how to utilize that knowledge in an influential manner.