User:Liv venema/sandbox

My username is Liv_venema. I live in Portland, Oregon. This is my first year of college and I am studying to become a Pediatric Oncology Nurse. I love to dance and workout. I'm excited about learning how to post on Wikipedia. BODY LANGUAGE Body language is a nonverbal communication between yourself and another person. It is the way you move your body and react when others make you nervous, scared, happy etc. There are many different types of body language and ways to read each one. These types of body language include facial expressions, body proxemics and ornaments. There are also two different ways to read body language which are decoding and encoding. Lastly, there is a difference in male vs. female body language. TYPES OF BODY LANGUAGE Facial expressions are how people react to certain things they see and hear. Often the face is the first thing people notice with body language. Someone's facial expressions can tell a lot about how they're feeling about a certain situation. Body proxemics is what someone does with their body when placed with an exciting or uncomfortable situation. For example, if you're sitting next to your crush, you look for body language to see if they're moving closer to you or leaning away. The last type of body language is ornaments. Ornaments are things on your body such as hair, jewelry, clothes etc. The way people twirl their hair and mess with their jewelry, are big signs of body language that is easy to be aware of. DIFFERENT WAYS TO READ BODY LANGUAGE Two different ways to read body language are decoding and encoding. Decoding is the ability to know what people want based off of their body language. This is an important thing to be able to recognize so you can tell what someones intentions are. Encoding is when you yourself give off body language to others. The way you do certain things helps let others around you know what you want and don't want. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEN & WOMEN There isn't much of a difference between men and women when reading body language. Often times it is harder for men to read body language than it is for women. Overall, men and women do use a lot of flirting techniques with their body language. These include looking one another up and down, long eye contact, twirling hair, biting your lips etc. These are used to let people know how you're feeling about them without saying anything at first. https://www.scienceofpeople.com/body-language/