Blog 3 On Body Language

Hey everyone, I want to share with you an article from Psychology Today that talks about the use of Body Language and how important it is.

You Say More Than You Think:

So You Think Body Language is Bunk?

I chose this article because I know that body language is a crucial element to communication and people who use their voice and ears mainly when it comes to speaking an listening don't often think about their body language. 

What I found most interesting was that people who are deaf pick up the subtle facial expressions one uses in normal conversation better than people who can hear. This makes a lot of sense because they have to use their other senses which are heightened rather than hearing.

I agree with this article because it has good scientific research to support the ideas throughout, and good points, because it's true that people who are deaf need to rely on their other senses and do so during every conversation they have.

I do want to learn more about the topic, especially what it is like to be raised by two deaf parents like the family mentioned by the author. Although that is sort of a side tangent on the actual point of the article I feel like it would be really interesting to learn about how a child who is born to a family that uses more body language than voice learns to use their voice and be raised bilingually.

This topic effects the world because, as mentioned in the article, body language is a world language. Everyone in the world uses body language to communicate, and being aware of the use of body language as a person who uses it is very important so that the right messages come across.