000 PHYSICAL SIGNS CAPABLE OF STIMULATING MEANING IN ANOTHER PERSON

200,000 physical signs capable of stimulating meaning in another person. For example, there are 23 distincteyebrow movements, each capable of stimulating a different meaning. Humans express attitudes toward themselves and vividly through body movements and postures. Bodymovements express true messages about feelings that cannot be masked. Because such avenues ofcommunication are visual, they travel much farther than spoken words and are unaffected by the presenceof noise that interrupts, or cancels out speech. People communicate by the way they walk, stand, and sit. We tend to be more relaxed with friends orwhen addressing those of lower status. Body orientation also indicates status or liking of the otherindividual. More direct orientation is related to a more positive attitude. Body movements and postures alone have no exact meaning, but they can greatly support or reject thespoken word. If these two means of communication are dichotomized and contradict each other, someresults will be a disordered image and most often the nonverbal will dominate.