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MANative

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34. Much better than the average bear, but not entirely.

Thu Oct 4, 2012, 05:50 PM

Oct 2012

The very first thing I learned in my first undergrad course on the subject was that anytime there is a disconnect between words and "body language," believe what the body says, because it's so much more difficult to control consciously. People diagnosed as psychopathic or sociopaths, however, are much harder to read without physiological measurement tools, because they don't communicate they same way as others. They have less of a "conscience" and thus don't display the same physical tells.

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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