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The Ultimate Body Language Book

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A universal facial expression – Anger.<br />

Most researchers agree that the following six emotions are recognized by all cultures: happiness or<br />

enjoyment, distress or sadness, anger, disgust, surprise and fear. However, positions the body takes on<br />

to demonstrate these emotions vary across cultures. Since every person on the planet regardless of race<br />

or creed has the same underlying emotions and our body language is tied to our feelings, it follows that<br />

every person’s nonverbal language has similar roots, but like verbal language we don’t express<br />

ourselves exactly the same. Paul Ekman from the University of California has done extensive research

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