Knowra Body language Body language Body language is communication through bodily cues such as posture, gestures, facial expressions, and eye movements. These cues can accompany, reinforce, or conflict with spoken words.
Facial expression : A visible arrangement of facial movements that can convey emotion, intention, or social information. Facial movements are among the most noticeable channels of bodily communication.
Nonverbal communication : The exchange of information without relying solely on spoken or written words. Body language is one major channel within this broader form of communication.
Deception detection : The attempt to determine whether a person is being deceptive from behavioral or other evidence. Popular claims about reading lies from gestures exceed what bodily cues reliably reveal.
Universal facial expressions : The hypothesis that certain facial expressions of emotion are recognized across cultures. It concerns disputed limits on how consistently expressions carry shared meaning.
Gesture : A movement of the hands, arms, head, or body that conveys meaning or supports communication. Gestures range from conventional signs to movements that accompany speech.
Emotional expression : The outward display of emotional states through behavior, voice, or bodily changes. Emotional states can shape facial, postural, and gestural cues.
Impression management : The ways people influence how others perceive them through self-presentation and behavior. People may adjust posture, expression, and gestures to shape social impressions.
Microexpression : A brief, involuntary facial movement sometimes proposed to reveal concealed emotion. Claims about these fleeting expressions illustrate the limits of cue-based inference.
Posture : The position and alignment of the body while standing, sitting, or moving. Posture can signal attention, confidence, discomfort, or social stance.
Social perception : The processes by which people form impressions of others from social information. Observers interpret bodily cues while forming impressions of other people.
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