Body Language - How to read others' thoughts by their gestures is a best-selling book by Allan Pease, first published in 1981.Book, Publisher: SHELDON PRESS (1984), Language: English, , Article: Body Language - How to read others' thoughts by their gestures by Allan Pease, Competition Success Review Vol.25, No.8-13(jan-june)1989 It has been superseded by his 2004 book The Definitive Book of Body Language: The Secret Meaning Behind People's Gestures, co-authored this time with his wife Barbara.
The book is not to be confused with the original book titled Body Language (1970–71) by Julius Fast, the best-seller which originally popularized the subject,Ahmed, Irshad: Body language - basics and introduction, 2025, cpcglobal.org, retrieved December 10, 2025Patterson, Miles L.; Fridlund, Alan J. ; and Crivelli, Carlos: "Four Misconceptions About Nonverbal Communication," 2023, Perspectives on Psychological Science, Vol. 18(6) 1388 –1411, retrieved December 10, 2025Fujishin, Jared: "The Silent Secret: College Instructors’ Nonverbal Behavior and Its Correlation With Student Immediacy," 2022, Liberty University, retrieved December 10, 2025Kaye, Alan S.: review: Nonverbal Communication: A Research Guide and Bibliography, by Mary Ritchie Kay, Winter, 1981 American Speech, Vol. 56, No. 4, Duke University Press, pages 305-307, retrieved December 10, 2025 and whose title promptly became the popular term for the science of kinesics.Keyes, Ralph:The Hidden History of Coined Words,, Chapter 13: "Ivy-Covered Words," abstract, May 2021, Oxford Academic, retrieved December 10, 2025
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