Do You Speak Body Language? Mastering the Art of Nonverbal Communication Key in Interrogations (Case Study‪)‬

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Most individuals focus only on the verbal part of an encounter; yet, during an average 30-minute meeting, approximately 800 different nonverbal messages are exchanged. Some interrogators make decisions based only on the tone of the speaker's voice, and some take literally each spoken word. Obviously, these are all necessary areas of interest, but further investigations need to be made to get the full meaning of the message. In the past, people who were aware of the importance of body language focused primarily on the voice and on facial expressions, but those are only part of the picture. The entire body--posture, gait, eye movements, gestures, feet, legs, torso, arms, hands, head, facial expressions, and mannerisms--needs to be analyzed to get the true meaning of a message. These subtle messages that are conveyed without words reveal a person's true emotions.