Editing Communication in small groups (section)

=== Examples list ===

*''Hands on knees'': indicates readiness.<ref name="McKayMessages">Matthew McKay, Martha Davis, Patrick Fanning [1983] (1995) ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=bUDNZkqUt0AC Messages: The Communication Skills Book]'', Second Edition, New Harbinger Publications, {{ISBN|1-57224-592-1}}, {{ISBN|978-1-57224-592-1}}, pp.56-57</ref>
*''Hands on hips'': indicates impatience.<ref name="McKayMessages"/>
*''Lock your hands behind your back'': indicates self-control.<ref name="McKayMessages"/>
*''Locked hands behind head'': states confidence.<ref name="McKayMessages"/>
*''Sitting with a leg over the arm of the chair'': suggests indifference.<ref name="McKayMessages"/>
*''Legs and feet pointed in a particular direction'': the direction where more interest is felt<ref name="McKayMessages"/>
*''Crossed arms'': indicates submissiveness.<ref>Tarnow, E. (2005)</ref>

Body language is a form of non-verbal communication involving the use of stylized gestures, postures, and physiologic signs which act as cues to other people. Humans, sometimes unconsciously, send and receive non-verbal signals all the time.