Body Language Dictionary

Body Language Dictionary ::V::

Written by Christopher Philip

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V – Non Verbal Body Language Dictionary:

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Ventral displays: Torsos house important vital organs that are responsible for keeping the body alive. Heart, lungs, liver, intestines and so forth are all easily accessible through a thin layer of skin, fat, muscle and sometimes ribs and a sternum and exposing our ventral side means that we trust we won’t be attacked and is therefore a signal of openness and liking. Ventral sides are usually oriented toward people we like and away from those we dislike.

Ventral denial or ventral distancing: Is the opposite nonverbal cue to ventral fronting and indicates that a person dislikes or lacks agreement. Ventral distancing includes slouching, lean backward, orienting the torso away, or placing objects in front of the body such as clothing or books.

Ventral fronting: Is the opposite nonverbal cue to ventral denial and indicates that a person likes and is in agreement with another. Ventral fronting includes orienting the body toward someone directly, leaning toward a person, increasing proximity and removing objects to create a clear view.

Visual learners: Account for around 35% of the population. They will prefer charts, maps, graphs, data, images and photographs. Tailoring visual representations to visual learners will make any pitch more effective.

Virtual body language: Stemming from research by Dr. Yee out of Stanford University in 2007 into the online gaming industry, it was found that even in a virtual world people maintain nonverbal rules. He found that male characters tended to hold larger distances between other males and females tended to hold less distance between themselves and other females just like real life. Male characters also maintained less eye contact with other males whereas females did not.

Von Osten: A 1800’s German based high school teacher who studied phrenology which is a now discredited theory that intelligence, character and personality traits are based on the shapes and bumps on someone’s head. He later teamed up with a horse named Hans who was able to read body language to solve mathematical problems.

Vrij, Aldert: Psychology research professor at the University of Portsmouth. Professor Vrij is a leading researcher in nonverbal and verbal cues of deception and lie detection and has published over 325 articles and book chapters on the subject. His book “Detecting lies and deceit: pitfalls and opportunities” is “a comprehensive text about deception and lie detection. It describes the lie detection tools used to date and discusses the problems related to these tools. It also gives guidelines on how to improve lie detection.” Mr. Vrij is also an advisor to police on interviews with suspects and frequently acts as an Expert Witness in court.

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