Prevalence of Non-verbal Communication in Humans
Some researchers put the level of nonverbal communication as high as 80 percent of all communication when others state the figures could be at or around 50-65 percent. Different studies have found differing amounts, with some studies showing that facial communication is believed 4.3 times more often than verbal meaning, and another finding that verbal communication in a flat tone is 4 times more likely to be understood than a pure facial expression. Albert Mehrabian is noted for finding a 7%-38%-55% rule, supposedly denoting how much communication was conferred by words, tone, and non-verbal language (facial expression in this case). However he was only referring to cases of expressing feelings or attitudes.
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