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Body language From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search For other uses, see Body language (disambiguation). This article needs attention from an expert on the subject. See the talk page for details. WikiProject Sociology or the Sociology Portal may be able to help recruit an expert. (November 2008) This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedias quality standards. (Consider using more specific cleanup instructions.) Please help improve this article if you can. The talk page may contain suggestions. (February 2009) This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (April 2010) Body language is a form of non-verbal communication, which consists of body posture, gestures, facial expressions, and eye movements. Humans send and interpret such signals almost entirely subconsciously. John Borg attests that human communication consists of 93 percent body language and paralinguistic cues, while only 7% of communication consists of words themselves;[1] however, Albert Mehrabian, the researcher whose 1960s work is the source of these statistics, has stated that this is a misunderstanding of the findings[2] (see Misinterpretation of Mehrabians rule). Others assert that Research has suggested that between 60 and 70 percent of all meaning is derived from nonverbal behavior.[3] Body language may provide clues as to the attitude or state of mind of a person. For example, it may indicate aggression, attentiveness, boredom, relaxed state, pleasure, amusement, and intoxication, among many other cues. Contents [hide] 1 Understanding body language 1.1 Physical expression 2 How prevalent is non-verbal communication in humans? 3 Personal space 4 Unintentional gestures 5 See also 6 References 7 External links [edit] Understanding body language The technique of reading people is used frequently. For example, the id