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Nonverbal Communication Techniques

Nonverbal communication involves sending and receiving non-verbal messages through gestures, body language, facial expressions, eye contact, tone of voice, and other means. Key aspects of nonverbal communication include kinesics (body language and posture), facial expressions, gestures, eye gaze, and paralinguistics (tone, pitch, and volume of speech). Proper interpretation of nonverbal cues can provide insights into people's thoughts and feelings.

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Nonverbal Communication Techniques

Nonverbal communication involves sending and receiving non-verbal messages through gestures, body language, facial expressions, eye contact, tone of voice, and other means. Key aspects of nonverbal communication include kinesics (body language and posture), facial expressions, gestures, eye gaze, and paralinguistics (tone, pitch, and volume of speech). Proper interpretation of nonverbal cues can provide insights into people's thoughts and feelings.

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Nonverbal communication

Nonverbal communication, in simple words, is the process of communicating by sending and


receiving non-verbal messages by means of gestures, body language or facial expressions.
Scientific research on this type of communication, and its effects, has identified various
techniques that come into play in this case.

Kinesics
Body Language and Posture
The body language of a person can speak out volumes about the person. Nonverbal body
language can help in conveying feelings and demonstrating attitude. Even postures indicate the
nature of the person. Postures such as arm crossing or leg crossing are often regarded as
defensive postures.

Facial Expressions
Facial expressions also play a crucial role in this type of communication. Just a smile or a frown
can speak thousands of words for us. Facial expressions to depict happiness, sadness fear or
anger are same throughout the world and hence they prove to be very advantageous when it
comes to language barriers. Reading facial expressions can give us insights into the thoughts and
feelings of other people.

Gestures
Gestures are deliberate movements or signals made to convey something to another person. Most
commonly used gestures are waving of hands and pointing fingers to the object we want, etc.
There also exist some gestures which are attributed to a particular culture or a community.
Various sign languages have been developed with the aim of conveying messages through
signals and gestures.

Oculesis

Eye Gaze
Gazing can also be an effective technique of nonverbal communication. Looking, staring or
blinking are regarded as effective ways of sending messages. Usually staring indicates emotions
such as interest or hostility, while studies reveal that, the rate of blinking increases when we
come across things that we like.

Paralinguistic

Paralinguistics is indeed vocal communication, but it's different from normal spoken language.
The tone, pitch and softness / loudness of the voice are the prominent aspects paralinguistics. A
strong tone indicates the confidence level of a person, while a hesitant tone indicates lack of
confidence or lack of interest.

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