The Dictionary of Body Language

A Field Guide to Human Behavior

Joe Navarro

• Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
• Year: 2018
• Print ISBN: 9780062846877
• eBook ISBN: 9780062846860
• Topic: Personal Development
• Subtopic: Business Communication

From the world’s #1 body language expert* comes the essential book for decoding human behavior

Joe Navarro has spent a lifetime observing others. For 25 years, as a Special Agent for the FBI, he conducted and supervised interrogations of spies and other dangerous criminals, honing his mastery of nonverbal communication. After retiring from the bureau, he has become a sought-after public speaker and consultant, and an internationally bestselling author. Now, a decade after his groundbreaking book What Every BODY is Saying, Navarro returns with his most ambitious work yet. The Dictionary of Body Language is a pioneering “field guide” to nonverbal communication, describing and explaining the more than 400 behaviors that will allow you to gauge anyone’s true intentions.

Moving from the head down to the feet, Navarro reveals the hidden meanings behind the many conscious and subconscious things we do. Readers will learn how to tell a person’s actual feelings from subtle changes in their pupils; the lip behaviors that betray concerns or hidden information; the many different varieties of arm posturing, and what each one means; how the position of our thumbs when we stand akimbo reflects our mental state; and many other fascinating insights to help you both read others and change their perceptions of you.

Readers will turn to The Dictionary Body Language again and again—a body language bible for anyone looking to understand what their boss really means, interpret whether a potential romantic partner is interested or not, and learn how to put themselves forward in the most favorable light.

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Index

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abrazo, 109

acceptance, looking for, 38–39

acetylcholine, 99–100

active listening, 44–45

adornments. See also clothing; hats

on cheeks, 79

on ears, 45

on eyes, 41–42

affirmative inhaling, 54

aggressive stare, 41

agitated feet, 171

angling to the side, 158–59

angry chin perching, 88

angry eyes, 41

animated gestures, 110

ankle quivering, 164

ankle scratching, 163

ankles interlocking around chair legs, 161

ankles locking, 161

answering, delay in, 62

apology, speeding through, 65–66

arguments

hand thrust to face, 127

interruptive, 63

territorial challenge, 158

arms, the, 109–18

arm crossing, 112–14

dislike, 113–14

holding wrist, 114

massaging, 114

protection, 113

self-restraint, 113

arm hugging, 109, 112–13

arm motions, erratic, 142

armpit exposing, 112

arms against body, hands flexed, 110–11

arms akimbo, 121–22

arms held behind back, 111

arm spreading, 114

arms stiffening, 111–12

arthritis, 119–20

askance, looking (sideways), 38

authoritative poses, 107, 121–22

autonomic arousal, 19, 44

balance, loss of, 165–66

baring teeth, 60

beard stroking, 88–89

behind back, arms held, 111

behind head, interlaced fingers, elbows up, 14–15

belly, the, 143–52

belly rubbing, 152

head scratching with, 14

belly/ventral covering, 148–49, 152

belly/ventral fronting, 148

“bird” finger, 132

biting

lip, 70

nails, 133

tongue, 56

blink rates, 29–30

blushing

of neck and face, 101–2

of skin of ear, 44

body chill, 151

body slouching, 150

Botox, 18, 69

bouncy happy feet, 170–71

bowing, 108

brain, 9, 17, 19, 27, 28, 29, 97, 125, 129

breath holding, 54–55

breathing

chest heaving, rapid, 143

shallow, fast, 144

brushing chin with back of hand, 87

brushing nose, 50

“bunny nose,” 48

business suits, padded shoulders, 105, 107

buttocks, the, 153–56

buttock shifting, 153–54

cathartic exhaling, 53–54

cathartic utterances, 63–64

“cauliflower ears,” 45

cheeks, the, 79–82

puffing ...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Dedication
• Epigraph
• Contents
• Introduction
• The Head
• The Forehead
• The Eyebrows
• The Eyes
• The Ears
• The Nose
• The Mouth
• The Lips
• The Cheeks and Jaw
• The Chin
• The Face
• The Neck
• The Shoulders
• The Arms
• The Hands and Fingers
• The Chest, Torso, and Belly
• The Hips, Buttocks, and Genitals
• The Legs
• The Feet
• Conclusion
• Acknowledgments
• Bibliography
• Index
• About the Author
• Also by Joe Navarro
• Copyright
• About the Publisher