{"id":66702,"date":"2022-05-25T10:07:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T14:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=66702"},"modified":"2022-05-25T13:20:23","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T17:20:23","slug":"importance-of-body-language-in-communication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/importance-of-body-language-in-communication\/","title":{"rendered":"The Importance of Body Language in Communication"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What role does <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/body-language-crucial-conversations\/\">body language<\/a> play in communication? Is it true that over 90% of communication is nonverbal?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Body language massively influences people\u2019s first impressions of you and influences how they react to you. However, those who quote the 90% figure are misinterpreting the mid-1960s research by Albert Mehrabian, who claimed that 93% of communication is nonverbal\u2014including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/unconscious-communication\/\">body language and tone<\/a> of voice\u2014and only 7% is verbal. Nevertheless, your body language transmits many signals about your personality, mood, and disposition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read about the importance of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/the-role-of-body-language-in-communication\/\">body language in communication<\/a>, according to communications expert Leil Lowndes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-your-body-language-communicates-everything-about-you\"><strong>Your Body Language Communicates Everything About You<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/why-is-body-language-important\/\">importance of body language<\/a> in communication cannot be underestimated. You form an instinctive impression of everyone you come across within the first few seconds of <em>seeing<\/em> them. Before someone gets a chance to utter her first words, you\u2019ve already made assumptions about her personality, her feelings, her confidence levels, and her social or professional status. Most importantly, you\u2019ve already decided whether she\u2019s the type of person that you want to spend time with. Likewise, <strong>people make assumptions about whether they want to talk to you as soon as they set their eyes on you<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: Research expands upon what Lowndes says about instinctive impressions: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2011\/04\/110415104544.htm\">Your first impressions of others are reasonably accurate indicators of whether or not you\u2019ll get along with them<\/a>. One study compared the first impressions of strangers meeting a person\u2014who we\u2019ll call Person A\u2014to personality reports on Person A completed by their longtime friends. The first impressions were similar to the personality reports by longtime friends, showing that the strangers\u2019 assumptions were accurate.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What forms the basis of these assumptions? According to Lowndes, it\u2019s your body language\u2014this includes your posture, how comfortable you appear, the way you smile, and the way you make eye contact. Whether you\u2019re conscious of it or not, your body language constantly emits signals about the way you feel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-11-types-of-body-language\"><strong>11 Types of Body Language<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Vanessa Van Edwards (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scienceofpeople.com\/cues\/\"><em>Cues<\/em><\/a>) explains that there are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scienceofpeople.com\/body-language-examples\/\">11 different types of body language<\/a>\u2014each emitting signals about the way you feel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facial expressions:<\/strong> There are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paulekman.com\/universal-emotions\/\">seven universal microexpressions<\/a> that reveal your hidden emotions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Body proxemics:<\/strong> Your general movements reveal a lot about your preferences and how nervous you feel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hand gestures:<\/strong> People read into the way you use your hands to express your emotions, tell stories, or comfort yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ornaments:<\/strong> Your clothes and accessories\u2014and the way you interact with them\u2014are extensions of your body language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Interest:<\/strong> You express your interest in others by using subtle signals, such as flicking your hair, and obvious signals, such as winking or smiling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Eye gaze:<\/strong> Your eye movements reveal your intentions and can indicate emotions such as attraction, skepticism, and stress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pacifying:<\/strong> These are self-soothing repetitive behaviors that serve to calm you down after experiencing something unpleasant\u2014for example, arm rubbing or bouncing feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Haptics:<\/strong> The way you express yourself through touch reveals your preferences. For example, whether you chose to give someone a pat on the shoulder or a hug.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Blocking:<\/strong> These cues create barriers against others. For example, touching your mouth or folding your arms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Paralanguage:<\/strong> The pitch and tone of your voice reveal how confident or anxious you are even when people aren\u2019t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-pay-attention\/\">paying attention<\/a> to your words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Emblems:<\/strong> There are over 800 cues that people use instead of words, such as a thumbs-up to express agreement. The cues you use depend on your culture and geographic location.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What role does body language play in communication? Is it true that over 90% of communication is nonverbal? Body language massively influences people\u2019s first impressions of you and influences how they react to you. 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