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The Ultimate Body Language Book

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Hands return to pockets indicate dishonesty and is incongruent with the intended meaning.<br />

<strong>The</strong> word congruence, as it relates to body language, refers to the degree to which body language cues<br />

in a person matches one another in terms of their meaning. If, for example, one is speaking honestly<br />

with the palms up (an honest gesture) we can say that the body language and verbal language are<br />

congruent. That is, honest words match up with honest body language. A child with their hands in their<br />

pockets (dishonest gesture) speaking about how they didn’t steal a cookie is incongruent since their<br />

body language does not match their verbal language.

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