Verbal communication covers only a small part of what we constantly express. Our words do not always communicate what we really mean; are filtered by social conditions or circumstances. Something very different happens with the eyes, so they are called ‘soul windows’.
Eye language is essentially unconscious. We have no control over how we look, pupil dilation or moisture in the eyes. This information sheds light on what’s going through our heads.
- Students carry very subtle messages.
- Which often go unnoticed.
- However.
- They have their own language that you can decipher.
- The most visible aspect is the dilation of the pupils.
- Which automatically resizes according to the circumstances and without our intervention.
Normally, pupils expand when we see an interesting object that we accept without hesitation, or in the dark, when we have trouble seeing something. If the lighting and visibility conditions are normal, pupil dilation is a sign of interest and attraction.
The opposite is true, too. When we face something we reject or fear, students contract. Contracted students are hostile or moody, even if we don’t look directly at the object we don’t like.
This is an intuitive knowledge that has been used for a long time. Ancient Chinese and Egyptian prostitutes used belladonna in their eyes to increase the size of their pupils and thought it made them more attractive.
If we stop to observe, in addition to squinting, a person ready to attack contracts his pupils.
The eyes always move, even when we sleep. They are movements in the eyelids or eyeball, difficult to capture, but there are some movements that we can analyze and explain.
For example, if the eyes move upwards and tilt to the right, the person tries to activate the memory mechanisms of the brain, trying to remember past situations or facts; If the movement is up and to the left, we turn on creative-related features. This movement occurs when we capture an image that we love, the visual field activates creativity.
Aligning the look down indicates that we are introspective, if the look turns to the left, indicates that the person is analyzing a situation or message, if the gaze turns to the right, means that it performs a memory process related to physical sensations.
Eye movements to the left indicate that a creative process is activated, rightward movements indicate the activation of a memory process, in both cases refer to sound-related experiences.
Below are some examples of this vast universe of nonverbal communication, which are useful for unraveling what people are talking about and can be of great value because they are able to reveal isolated data that is recorded in our memory.