There are several components of a sincere and affectionate hug. One of these ingredients is full contact of the palms of the hands. The body language of this "Palmar Touch" - highlighted in this image by President Obama - signifies both sincerity and affection. When this crucial nonverbal is consistently absent (such as only with the finger tips touching) during a hug - affection is either waning or is being feigned.
On Election night, Barack Obama tweeted this image of he and Michelle hugging with the message, "Four more years". It broke the Twitter record for retweets.
See also:
Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 2179: Mitt Romney & Barack Obama - Sincere Hugs and True Affection
Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 2087: Mitt Romney's Sincerity - Shaking Hands and Kissing Babies
Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 1855: Sincere Kisses & Closed Eyes
Nonverbal Intelligence Quiz-Analysis # 2110: Pizza Guy - Scott Van Duzer's Bear-Hug Encounter with President Obama - Staged or Real?
Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 1898: Heat, Hugs & Head Surrogates
Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 2108: Rihanna's and Chris Brown's Kiss and Hug - What are they REALLY feeling?
Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 2: Body Language of Blake Lively and Penn Badgley Strongly Suggests an Impending Break-up in Near FutureSee also:
Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 2179: Mitt Romney & Barack Obama - Sincere Hugs and True Affection
Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 2087: Mitt Romney's Sincerity - Shaking Hands and Kissing Babies
Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 1855: Sincere Kisses & Closed Eyes
Nonverbal Intelligence Quiz-Analysis # 2110: Pizza Guy - Scott Van Duzer's Bear-Hug Encounter with President Obama - Staged or Real?
Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 1898: Heat, Hugs & Head Surrogates
Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 2108: Rihanna's and Chris Brown's Kiss and Hug - What are they REALLY feeling?
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