In the lecture, it was mentioned about the gesture: verbal ratio.
I found this very interesting, and thought I would just copy a paragraph of some further reading I did about it.
80 percent of your human communication is body language while only 20 percent is verbal. I find this amazing that this would be the case.
But I was thinking...
I am a real chatterbox. And with someone who talks so much, I couldn't imagine the statistic working for me. But as I thought more about it, I discovered it was probably right.
I may talk a lot but I also talk with my hands and body. When I talk, I don't stand here just moving my mouth, I use gesture, body language and hand signals to help explain and give emphasis on what I am saying.
On the other hand, my friend who is extremely shy and avoids talking doesn't use hand signals and uses minimal gesture to communicate. But then I realised to understand how she is feeling and what she is thinking you read her facial expressions and body language, therefore not actually having to speak.
I also find it amazing that even just the eyes are enough to explain so much as to how you are feeling. They have the ability to express so much, and they are just one part of the body!
I just thought this was all rather interesting...
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