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The Ultimate Body Language Book

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A classic boredom cue cluster, fingers tapping, blank face looking away.<br />

When we say that a person is “perceptive” what we really mean is that they are able to read the<br />

contradictions between what someone is saying and their body language. For example, someone might<br />

fidget, avoid eye contact and touch their nose but still be delivering a true statement. <strong>The</strong> reason is that,<br />

at times, these conflicting signals come from ambivalence, or outright uncertainty. Other times body<br />

language leaks through fatigue or other anomalous stimuli. <strong>The</strong> expert body language reader will<br />

intuitively understand the roots of nonverbal signals primarily by examining people through context

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