How do you stand and what does that say?

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Body language is perhaps our most important means of communication. But our knowledge about the effects of postures is low.

Beatrice de Gelder is a professor of cognitive neuroscience at Maastricht University. According to her, body language is still underestimated not only scientifically, but also socially. "We have preconceptions about body language and are a bit giggly about it. Yet it is still our main means of communication.

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