Top Highlights

• The sender must maintain some body posture, some hand position, some set to the face; thus, some impression is always given to the other person.
• mood, attitudes, character, intelligence, attractiveness, age, sex, race, and probably other matters as well.
• The eyewink signal for the message of agreement (“right on,” “sure”) or flirtation (“will you?”) is an example. Facial emblems are like hand movements for waving “hello” or “goodbye,” and like head nods for “yes” and “no.” The movement is always specific and easy to distinguish from other movements.
• The rapid facial signals are used, then, to convey emotion messages and
• You don’t want to be rude and intrusive, taking information that it is not clear the other person is giving to you.