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Indpndnt

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23. Yes, it certainly is real.

Reply to MANative (Reply #22)

Thu Oct 4, 2012, 05:28 PM

Oct 2012

I learned a few techniques (and observational insights) in a mgt. class and darned if they didn't work as predicted. I went from bemused skeptic to amused believer.

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MSNBC body language expert has Obama analysis? Really? [View all] IADEMO2004 Oct 2012 OP

Next up.... jberryhill Oct 2012 #1

While I'm not watching and can't/won't comment on what... MANative Oct 2012 #2

yup communicatoon is ninety five percent non verbal or something like that loli phabay Oct 2012 #3

Very close... MANative Oct 2012 #6

Poker tells Nostrathomas Oct 2012 #8

My pals hate to play card games with me! MANative Oct 2012 #9

Would you be able to do the same with a person who believes their own lies? LiberalFighter Oct 2012 #28

To some extent, yes, but not quite as accurately as MANative Oct 2012 #36

I had someone that I took their word until I got to know them better. LiberalFighter Oct 2012 #42

A universal characteristic of poker players abumbyanyothername Oct 2012 #32

It's not that I AM any better; they just THINK I will be. MANative Oct 2012 #35

rofl loves_dulcinea Oct 2012 #25

I don't parade myself as an expert Warpy Oct 2012 #4

I'm curious Glitterati Oct 2012 #7

I saw bemusement Blue_In_AK Oct 2012 #10

I saw a person abumbyanyothername Oct 2012 #37

Exactly. Blue_In_AK Oct 2012 #38

I got that too Warpy Oct 2012 #33

Observation Nostrathomas Oct 2012 #11

I watched with the sound off because I couldn't listen to Romney's lies. OregonBlue Oct 2012 #12

Oh, I disagree entirely Glitterati Oct 2012 #16

Well, bummer. Indpndnt Oct 2012 #19

Bwahahahahaha Glitterati Oct 2012 #21

What the heck were you watching? Indpndnt Oct 2012 #17

Obama looked like he was about to cry? ohheckyeah Oct 2012 #40

Body Language Expert: Romney �Hyperactive,� Obama �Measured� in Debate DonViejo Oct 2012 #5

It's pseudoscientific garbage DavidDvorkin Oct 2012 #13

No, it isn't. My MS degree says otherwise. MANative Oct 2012 #15

You have an MS degree in Body Language? DavidDvorkin Oct 2012 #18

In Biological Cognition, the technical term for MANative Oct 2012 #22

Yes, it certainly is real. Indpndnt Oct 2012 #23

It's used in numerous lines of work as a technical tool and isn't nearly as "out there" MANative Oct 2012 #26

We learned to do (or watch for) certain things in meetings or negotiations. Indpndnt Oct 2012 #30

And did they teach you that people blink a lot when they're lying? DavidDvorkin Oct 2012 #24

That is one tiny, itty bitty tool that is used to determine untruthfulness. MANative Oct 2012 #29

Hey, I just posted above about the eyes and memory! Indpndnt Oct 2012 #31

Not according to this study DavidDvorkin Oct 2012 #39

Give me a topic and I can find three studies to support it and three to refute it. MANative Oct 2012 #41

I'd be interested to know if Shankapotomus Oct 2012 #27

Much better than the average bear, but not entirely. MANative Oct 2012 #34

Well, it's comforting to know Shankapotomus Oct 2012 #43

Hey Mitt, try this out for body language ... lpbk2713 Oct 2012 #14

Gotta fill up that 24 hours with something, don't they. Chorophyll Oct 2012 #20