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The psychology behind Trump’s awkward handshake … and how to beat him at his own game
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T84se4fc4KU?wmode=transparent&start=0] Geoff Beattie, Edge Hill University Handshakes are meant to be relatively simple affairs, at least in terms of their signalling function. “Shake hands on it,” we are told. “Shake and make up.” They have been used as a civilised greeting for at least 2,500 years. But Donald Trump is now in the process…
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The televised political debate: Body language under the microsope
In 1960 politics changed forever. It was the first televised political debate in the U.S. between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon. The significance of the power of television in politics is demonstrated by the fact that those who listened to the debate on the radio thought that Nixon had won, whereas those who watched…
