Gestures of hands and their meaning: how to understand what the interlocutor has in mind?

Hand gestures and their meaning have been studied for a long time, and researchers have been doing a truly awesome job.

There are many different works anddevelopments in this area, but human movements are so diverse that it is sometimes impossible to capture them all exactly. In general, gestures can be divided into intentional and unintentional, that is, reflex, which we carry out without noticing it. It is these hand gestures that can tell a lot about a person, as well as how he relates to what he says or sees at the time of communication and gesturing.

When a person is cheating

Если человек лжет, он наверняка выдаст себя by touching the face. Particularly noticeable manifestation of such gestures in children, as if trying to cover their mouths, to stop telling a lie. With age, gestures using face and hands become less noticeable, but they undoubtedly indicate that the speaker is lying. If someone covers his mouth while the other says, it means that he doubts the veracity of the words of the interlocutor. At the same time, some researchers believe that such hand gestures and their significance should be considered along with other movements and carry out a subsequent analysis of what was said by man: sometimes touching the face may mean nothing. The disguised version of the gesture described is touching the nose.

Interestingly, a lie can cause muscle itchingneck tissues, so the ottyagivaya collar can also indicate deception. Here you need to be careful, perhaps the shirt is just tight, or the person has an irritation after shaving.

Boredom

If the listener is bored (for example, at a lecture orbusiness meeting), he will certainly put his hand in order to lean his head on it. These hand gestures and their meaning are obvious: this is a sure sign that he is supporting his head so that it does not “fall” if he suddenly falls asleep. Moreover, the degree of support shows how boring the listener is: if he is fully laid down on his arm - he is very bored, if he just touches his head or cheek slightly - the degree of boredom is small. Impatience is also tapping feet on the floor or fingers on the table. If the lecturer sees that half of the audience is leaning on his arm, and the other half is tapping his fingers on the table, it is better for him to finish his speech.

Evaluative hand gestures and their meaning

If a person props his cheek with his fist whenthe index finger goes into the temple, we are dealing with an evaluation posture. If the index finger is directed to the temple, and the big chin props up, most likely, the listener does not like the lecturer or the subject of the lecture. In addition, any support for the face with a hand is connected with boredom or a negative attitude, so if you want to show someone that you are interested in listening to him or what he is talking about, watch yourself and do not use such movements.

Decision Gestures

Evaluation movements for decision making are related toby the fact that a person wants to put something in his mouth. For example, the one who wears glasses will put glasses in his bow. This can be a pen, a smoking pipe and other items. In this position, a person makes decisions, and if he continues to do this, even when he needs to speak out, this indicates that he wants to think and wait a little more with announcing the decision.

In fact, gestures and their meaning understand verycomplicated. In this article, only some of them are described very briefly and superficially. There are many more signals of human benevolence, distrust, interest, lies, and so on. Alan Pease described in great detail the gestures of a person and their meanings. “Body Language” is his famous book, which will help interested people to open their eyes to a rich variety of gestures and what lies behind them.