Body Language Analysis No. 4106: Jordan's Queen Rania meets with Rohingya Refugee Children - Nonverbal and Emotional Intelligence (PHOTOS)

Earlier this week, Queen Rania of Jordan visited refugee camps in Bangladesh. In the past two months, the country has received over 500,000 Rohingya people escaping wide-scale human rights violations in neighboring Myanmar, including extrajudicial killings, gang rapes, arson, and infanticides. This is genocide.

Too often political figures' appearances with children are simply photo-ops designed only to serve the leaders' other agenda. In contrast, Queen Rania's emotions and nonverbal displays in these images are quite sincere.

Strong signals of sincerity and empathy are sent when a Queen is not afraid to touch children in a refugee camp.

Note that in all three of these photos, Queen Rania is at or below the level of even very young children. It's rare that leaders exhibit this eye-level and eye contact behavior. Queen Rania is not simply bending over at her waist (such body language is too often performed by adults when visiting and/or speaking with children - and in so doing it sends distancing and patronizing emotional tones). When eye contact takes place close to the same physical level, it tends to have a greater effect in building rapport and empathy.

In assuming this beta posture, Queen Rania elevates all the children to a relative alpha status. It's as if to say, "Although I am a queen - today you are my equals - and even my superiors."


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Body Language Analysis No. 4101: Myeshia Johnson, the widow of Sgt. La David Johnson - Interview on Good Morning America

Body Language Analysis No. 4099: Lee Harvey Oswald, Jack Ruby, and Jim Leavelle

Body Language Analysis No. 4083: President Trump, Puerto Rico, and Meeting San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz

Body Language Analysis No. 4073: Prince Harry and Melania Trump Meet in Canada for Invictus Games - Harry's Hand Signal

Body Language Analysis No. 4047: Joel Osteen, Houston, and Hurricane Harvey

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Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3899: President Trump regarding Poison Gas Attack in Syria - What Will Trump Do? - Body Language and Emotional Intelligence (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

Earlier today, during a joint press conference with King Abdullah II of Jordan, President Trump was asked about the recent deadly gas attack in Syria.

What follows is a portion of his response followed by a partial nonverbal analysis.

JULIA IOFFE [This question was edited out of this specific clip of the press conference, however, it is the one to which President Trump is responding]: You've condemned the chemical attacks in Syria, but you also appeared in your statement yesterday to pin some of the blame on the Obama administration. You are the president now. Do you feel like you bear responsibility for responding to the chemical attacks and does the chemical attack cross a red line for you?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, I think the Obama administration had a great opportunity to solve this crisis a long time ago when he said, "The red line in the sand". And when he didn't cross that line after making the threat, I think that set us back a long ways - not only in Syria, but in many of the parts of the world - because it was a blank threat. I think it was something that was not - one of our better days as a country. So I do feel that, Julia, I feel it very strongly.

IOFFE: Do feel like you now have the responsibility to respond to the chemical attack?

TRUMP [over-talking]: I now have responsibility and I will have that responsibility and carry it very proudly - I will tell you that. It is now my responsibility. It was a great opportunity missed.

[CNN's video edit gap] 

IOFFE: Before I move on to the King, can I just quickly ask you if the chemical attack "crosses a red line" for you?

TRUMP: Ah, it crossed a lot of lines for me. When you kill - innocent children - innocent babies, babies, little babies - with a chemical gas that is so lethal - ah - people were shocked to hear what gas it was [Lip Smacking, Head Torquing, Disgust Display, Eyelids Partially Closing, Mid-Facial Tension], that crosses many, many lines - beyond a red line. Many, many lines.

During 0:38 - 0:39, as he says, "... I now have responsibility and I will have that responsibility and carry it very proudly - I will tell you that. It is now my responsibility ...", Donald Trump spreads his arms quite widely, in a palms-up fashion.

This nonverbal signal indicates that the President is very accepting of and welcomes the responsibility to, "... respond to the chemical attack".

Just prior to the President saying, "... that crosses many, many lines - beyond a red line. Many, many lines" (during 1:06), he displays a nonverbal cluster containing the key signals of:

• Lip Smacking
• Head Torquing
• Eyelids Partially Closing
• Mid-Facial Tension 
• Disgust Display

This temporal combination of nonverbal displays is highly indicative of Trump's critical evaluation, a high degree of confidence in a decision(s) he has made, and he has determined a specific course of action to be taken regarding Syria.

Summary: Donald Trump's body language during the press conference earlier today, indicates with very high probability, the President intends to order a heavy military retaliation in response to the Poison Gas Attack of Bashar al-Assad upon the Syrian People.


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Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3896: Did Matthew Perry Really Beat Up Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau? 

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3894: Michael Flynn and Russia - "When are given immunity, it means you probably committed a crime" 

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3873: Brie Larson's Eyes, The Bachelor, and the Edge of Consciousness

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3858: Milo Yiannopoulos resigns from Breitbart with "Apology"

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3735: Barack Obama, Donald Trump and Mean Tweets

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Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3727: Donald Trump and Children - Body Language and Emotional Intelligence (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

The political activity of kissing babies or children is of course an attempt to gain rapport and therein get votes. Yet when these actions aren't performed with sincerity, they will backfire - for feigned sincerity destroys rapport. More specifically, in a political context, while such performances may solidify one's political base - these will absolutely alienate the swing voters.

Today in Wisconsin (currently considered as a swing state), Donald Trump asked for two children to be come up on stage with him. Mr. Trump's expression in the image above is indicative of contempt.

In this second image, captured a split second later, Mr. Trump's expression morphs into one primarily of disgust (with some secondary contempt).

Later at the same event, Mr. Trump again displays contempt upon holding a second child.


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Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3726: Donald Trump Accuser - Kristin Anderson - Body Language

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3724: The 2nd Presidential Debate - Donald Trump v. Hillary Clinton - Emotional Intelligence and a Profoundly Telling Body Language Signal

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3719: Donald Trump's "Apology" - Crisis Management and Body Language

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3716: Fatherhood, Body Language, Emotional Intelligence and Ashton Kutcher's Pants

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3706: Hillary Clinton v. Donald Trump Presidential Debates - Part II

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3698: Hillary Clinton v. Donald Trump in Upcoming Presidential Debates, My Contribution to This Month's Article in "The Atlantic"

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Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3473: Adele's Tongue, Ellen DeGeneres and Body Language



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Nonverbal Communication Analysis-Research # 2209: A Primary Reason Why Children are Bitten By Dogs - Kids Not Recognizing Canine Body Language

Nonverbal communication routinely crosses between species. Animal lovers know this from a young age. However a recent study in the "Journal of Nursing, Social Studies and Public Health" illuminates a primary reason for dog bites in youth - children not accurately understanding a dog's body language. The research, out of the University of South Bohemia in the Czech Republic, goes on to quantify the accurate framing of dogs' different emotional states at surprisingly very low rates by elementary school children as follows:

Joy 21%
Submission 10%
Attack 7%
Threat 8%
Fear 34%
Friendliness 21%

Children also have a false sense of security when it comes to their ability to control a dog's behavior - believing that their family pet obeys them more than their parents. This overconfidence was found to be more pronounced in boys, who were also less accurate than girls at properly identifying dogs' emotions. In the 5 to 9 year age group, boys are bitten twice as much as girls.

Intriguingly, people who grow up around animals, particularly dogs and horses, acquire an increased ability to accurately interpret other humans' body language once they reach adulthood and throughout the remainder of their lives.

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Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 2138: President Obama's Anger During Debate - An Under-Appreciated Body Language Signal

Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 1859: The Prince is Angry at the Queen's Jubilee

Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 2135: Ronald Reagan in Nashua, New Hampshire - "I'm Paying for this Microphone Mr. Green!"

Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 2196:  Cross Species Body Language - Contagious Yawning of Dogs Mirroring Humans, An Indicator of What Dog Lovers Already Knew - Canine Empathy 

Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 321: Body Language of a Surreal Horse - Swagger, Success and Secretariat

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