The Law Of The Side. Language Of Gestures.

"I was so unsightly to behold... until you waved at me"

It is known that people can communicate with other people both using the words and using the gestures. In the middle of last century, scientists came to an unexpected for many,including themselves, conclusion: it turns out that the transmission of information from one person to another occurs through words - pay attention! - by only 7%. Through intonation - by 38%. And through gestures - by 55%! As it turned out, our gestures, facial expression, postures and movements report other much more about us than our words and intonation.

To date, hundreds of books have been written on art "read human gestures like the book". This is indeed a very important issue: the wrong interpretation of the interlocutor's gestures can create not only a comic situation, but also lead to much more serious consequences. For example, an American gesture of approval "o'key", to be shown Greeks or Maltese, can provoke a fight: in Greece and Malta by this gesture is understood a symbol of male homosexuality. In Bulgaria a nod top upside down does not mean consent, but vice versa: "No", "disagree". Knowing these nuances can prevent certain misunderstandings.

However, in most cases this is little popular knowledge, because we meet with Maltese or talk with the Bulgarians not every day. What seems more important is knowledge of those gestures, which are used in our everyday life. Once a certain old lady, during a conversation with her husband, confessed that in youth she felt very ugly:

- I was so unsightly that no one guy paid attention to me. So I immediately felt in lovewith
the first, who has shown interest to me. That is, with you.

And she wanting to remind her husband of their first meeting, she asked:

- Remember how did you wave at me across the street?

Her husband replied:

- You know, dear, I must confess to you: in that fateful day for both of us, I did not wave to you. I just wanted to stop passing taxi. Taxis had not stopped. You stopped…

The moral of this story is simple: all our life could change because of one wrong understood gesture. Let's talk about some of the most important for each of us the secrets of gestures.

More precisely, one of them, called "The Law Of The Side".

The secret of experienced actresses

This secret is known to many experienced actress. And it sounds quite surprising: the left side of human face, is usually more beautiful, than right. Therefore, taking pictures, to stand to the public or the people you are talking with, it is better by the left side. "Man can better see what is in his field of vision from the left side - said psychologist William Vinzhiano from Detroit - so, wishing to be noticed by someone, do approach and stand from his left". Thus, you are more likely to attract attention, if you stay left of the man who is not indifferent for you. Vinzhiano gives such advice: "If you try to draw the attention of your boss when he is busy, please try to be in his field of vision from the left side. If you want to be noticed by an important person, do the same".

Why does it happen? Scientists give such an explanation for this phenomenon. Human brain is divided into two characteristic fields - left and right. Left hemisphere is responsible for rational thinking and right - for the figurative. And not only the brain, but also a face is divided into separate left and right parts psychologically. Both are in many ways reflecting the human experience. Results of experiments showed that the left part of the human face is like "a mirror of the soul" and reflects the true feelings. Right same half - is no more than a mask, which smiles with a false smile or is sad with false grief. Muscles of the right side of a face are only doing grimace, but do not reflect emotions. As scientists believe, this asymmetry depends on the properties of the brain. After all it is known that more "emotional" right hemisphere is in command of left parts of the body.

This photo shows vividly how lady's right and left sides of the face differs. At the center is original photograph. At the left and right of it are faces made with the help of ImageMaster from left a right halves of the face.

To Be Continued.