Topic > Effective communication: the importance of non-verbal...

Moving on to smiles, they can indicate numerous effects other than happiness. For example, a simple smile can also be understood as genuine, expressing false happiness, sarcasm, or even cynicism. However, while communicating with a person, pay close attention to pursed lips, this may indicate disgust, disapproval or distrust. Let's move on to gestures, although they can be extremely obvious due to body language signals; such as, shaking, or a simple thumbs up or down, with a closed fist, this could indicate anger. The next is that crossing your arms can mean defensiveness, even crossing your legs can mean dislike or discomfort towards that individual. Additionally, expanding the arms widely could mean that the person may be trying to appear larger or more authoritative. Also, keeping your arms close to your body could mean that they are distracted from your attention. Next, standing with hands on hips could indicate aggression or even that the person is ready. Moving forward, clasping your hands behind your back, could mean that the person is bored, anxious, or even angry; or rapid tapping or fidgeting could mean the person is impatient or frustrated. Plus, you social distance mostly with friends; then you have a public distance with colleagues; finally a personal distance that is with