To me, owning one's mistakes is one of the most beautiful and increasingly rare traits. I really appreciate it that you talk about it proactively or leave it in while filming TBP like the Atwood incident. 😅 I think, you are a really good role model in that way and taking it with humour adds to it!🤗
I got into this because I was initially looking up on UA-cam how to recognise a certain personality type so as to protect myself from being in unhealthy relationships again. Along the way The Behaviour Panel was recommended on my feed
Love these Q & A sessions! Thank you! Gotta say, I'm still laughing about the Water Wiggle toy reference from the recent B. Panel episode ... Great stuff from Wham-O!!
Since you asked.. I got into this after discovering the behavioural panel, I'm autistic so learning to read body language absolutely fascinates me. I have learnt so much that I get taken advantage of a hell of a lot less now (naturally naive to people's usually bad intentions) Thankyou so much, I listen to my intuition a lot more now too. On a side note you are naturally very funny and your life is so interesting that my adhd brain doesn't get bored which really is a more unique talent than you might think. I don't even have to watch your videos on 1.5 speed like I do for the most of UA-cam. Thanks again for sharing, also do you have an autobiography?
As a kid, my mom and I would sit on a bench at the zoo (ironically😅), and we would "people watch." Our favorite thing to do was to look at people's feet, and we would wonder what kind of personality they had based on their shoes. Consequently, I became extremely fascinated by reading people at a very young age. In college, I would sit on the outskirts of parties and "people watch." I would narrate the body language that I saw and I would tell the stories of the groups of people around the room. It was always easiest to spot the guys hitting on girls who had absolutely no interest in the guy. I would try to predict the next move of the guy or girl, and my friend and I would wait and see what happened. It was so facinating, and *extremely* entertaining! To this day, I still find myself glancing at people's choice in footwear.
I got into body language somewhat accidentally - the household I grew up in, and the childhood I experienced made observing people pretty vital. I was young and didn't really know what I was doing, but I started forming baselines for those around me. It made it easier for me to judge what the go was and how I should behave. As I got older I got into true crime, became fascinated by the little quirks and unusual behaviours each individual has, and why we behave the way we do. Love these videos by the way Scott, feels very personal - like we're chatting over a glass of wine.
Sounds like you’ve had an interesting life. And I like doing these episodes this way. It’s easy. I don’t have to act like someone I’m not. And if I’m the only one who likes it, it’s ok. I’m glad you like them. 🙂👍
Wonderful story of your father introducing you to the concept of Body language through your school ' friends ' sick in the waiting room, which one was sick and which one wasn't . That clicked with me and I have been listening and watching your podcasts and wanting to give you a headsup, you have my interest 😉
My interest is in being able to read patient’s body language. Not everybody lies to get more for themselves, sometimes they lie to hide things. Also, I deal with people who don’t always get treated the best by society, I’ve found that controlling my cadence and inflection gets a really good response from them. They feel respected, important, listened too.
I got into body language pretty early without knowing it, because I was always wondering, why my father and my mother didn't get the cues I got, when they were talking to people (my dad was autistic looking back, not officially diagnosed, but when I learned more about it, it seems pretty obvious) and my mom has a rather good intuition overall, but I was always a pretty close observer. Then my dad got this book by Allan and Barbara Pease and I read it and that explained a lot of the things I saw naturally and gave me more insight. But I got completely hooked, when I found your videos of TBP during the Depp/Heard trials. Now when I'm out and I had a few I always talk about you guys, so I guess now it's like "Oh no, there she is." - "The body language girl?" - "Yeah." 😅
11:29 THANK YOU for being honest and sensitive to not give an opinion on mental health and body language. As someone with bipolar disorder, I hate all the false information that gets distributed... ❤
I would be that one relative grabbing the popcorn every year saying Scott tell me about that gas truck lol I'm with you idc if its the twenthy time you shared it.. I'd be like shhhh he's getting to the good part 😂😂
Thanks so much for making these videos! I got into body language because of the Depp v. Heard case, which seems like the case for a lot of people. I didn't know why I found Heard to be so unbelievable or why I couldn't feel sympathetic at all. Then I saw the Behavior Panel break it down in a logical, no-fuss way.
I absolutely love you videos, Scott. You are a genuine, down-to-earth, clever and funny guy with a lot of empathy. I also love it when you get "on your soap box and tell it like it is ! 😆 I have also learnt SO much from you and TBP...thank you 💜
I got into this because I've been in two DV relationships so I've stayed single for 20 yrs to ensure I don't get into another I'm watching your channel.
15:30 there’s a guy on instagram who does the perfect impression of what exchanges between two Irish people together, two German people together, or the mix of one Irish and one German person looks like. If one Irish person offers another a piece of cake, they’ll refuse refuse refuse it as the offerer keeps nudging them along to take a piece and they finally relent and take the cake. If a German person offers another German person a piece of cake, they simply say yes and take the slice. If a German person offers an Irish person a piece of cake, the Irish person will refuse it bc to them it’s impolite to simply take the piece of cake - they have to make out that they don’t want to put their host out by taking the food. The German person will then just say “ok” and walk away without offering it again, because to them - you say what you mean. When an Irish person offers a slice of cake to a German person and the German person immediately says yes, the Irish person finds it a bit rude - almost a “tall poppies” sort of thing - as if the German person is a bit too full of themselves and is acting as though they’re entitled to the cake. The German person - welp, they say what they mean lol
In the 80s, I took a body language class at UGA. For decades, I thought I knew how to read body language. 😂 I found the Behavioral Panel about 2 years ago, and I have been hooked. I have learned a lot and been very entertained. Thrilled this week to discover your channel. Your voice is soothing, your stories interesting, your manner pleasing and your knowledge valuable …. Thank you! ( not to mention your sneaky wicked sense of humor 😮)
Love these Q&A sessions. I didn't know I was into body language when I was a kid, but I seemed to have a good sense of when someone was lying or untrustworthy. At the same time, I was a class clown to some degree and did well in our annual school plays; my own mother said "you should become an actor because I can never tell when you're lying!" No big lies, just fibbing or going off on a fanciful tale as a prank. I didn't know this was a real field until you and the BP started your series during Covid. Thanks for all you guys do.
I got into body language in the early ‘90s-in my late 20s-working in the legal field as a court reporter watching and listening to people testify 8+ hours a day, 5 days a week, in person, face to face-sometimes with a videographer, so I had to (had the added bonus) of watching the video after to match the transcript to the video to make sure it’s as exact as possible, and then listening to the audio repeatedly to do the same, I was constantly listening to people under stress and at baseline without knowing that was what I was doing. So much of what TBP/you guys teach us, I’ve known for years from work, but now I know WHY and THAT’S some of THE MOST fascinating stuff, how the brain and body work and how the brain doesn’t really WANT to lie and what happens as a result. It’s never just one thing that makes you wanna do something like this, there’s always multiple reasons, isn’t there. As a woman, it’s nearly impossible for me to take my car in when something is wrong and not get lied to. That’s one easily relatable example of why I got into body language- I was tired of getting lied to. I could go back to childhood, but that’s gonna really take me over on my time, and you wanted us to keep this short, and mine’s already too flippin’ long🤣
32:51 I began my interest into Body Language technically at age 12 when I decided I wanted to be a pediatrician. weird to decide my life's path at 12 but that's what I started planning. I'm the youngest of 6 kids and did a lot of "people watching" on a daily basis! From then on, all my future schooling concentrated on Psychology, Biology and pre-med studies. I knew that understanding body language would help me to communicate with little kids even when they themselves wouldn't/couldn't express what's wrong or how they feel. I was terrible at taking the MCAT so didn't get in to med school, but I continue to use body language on an everyday basis with colleagues and the significant other! 😄
Your Father sounds like Sherlock Holmes! You’re so Moreish Scott and you have great skin! Must be all those Hattie B’s! I’ve been a bit of body language nerd since I was a child. I used to look up simple words in the dictionary to understand more what people were really saying. My Mother sniffed when I told her a story once and I knew she didn’t have a cold. ‘You Sniffed!’ I exclaimed and went to look it up, sure enough, there it was, ‘to express contempt’! I knew it! I just knew she didn’t believe me. Another one was a cough - ‘expulsion of irritant’! I love all this stuff, can’t get enough ❤️
Book of the Month Club had Paul Ekman's "Telling Lies". Later I wrote a paper about telling lies, for an English class. Bait taken. Hook was set. I was the fish that was landed on that fateful day when the BOTM flyer arrived in my mailbox.
The only takeaways I use on a daily basis from my ridiculously expensive university education are handwriting analysis and body language. Fascinating stuff, Scott. Much obliged.
Hey Scott, as a 12 year old boy, I read Naked Ape and Body Language, just like you. That was racy stuff for a little kid. As a young man, I read Dress for Success. I've spent 50 years trying to figure stuff out. Now I have other books to buy. One of Chase's books is on my order list. This is really fascinating stuff.
My question didn’t make it on again. 😂 Scott as a sidebar. I really like those posts you do on FB/Instagram where you respond to a scammers text with very clever responses. 👍🏻
Great video Scott. I don't know exactly how I got into body language but I remember watching the cool kids at school how they walk and behave, then I just kind of did the same thing watching people in crowds like a weirdo until I came across 4 awesome blokes on The Behaviour Panel and got me hooked like a drug adddict
I had fun listening to your video. I laughed at your imagining of being that heroic fireman so loud, that my husband in the other room got curious. Thank you for the cheer on a dark and stormy day here. My interest in body language is casual,, but I keep returning to explain some things to me. I have always picked up on the body language movements, tone of voice, and pauses of close friends and family that alert me to something going on in their thoughts that were unexpected. Generally, I know so well what to expect they will do or say, that I anticipate it, and when they don't actually do or say it, it catches my attention. I know they are not telling me everything or something else is going on. My kids call it "Mom's creepy intuition". As grown adults, they stay away from me if they are not ready to share or to worry me, but that too is a "tell". As Detective Monk said, "It is a blessing...and a curse." Now that so much is known and understood about how people communicate intentionally or not, it is fascinating.
Just found this channel and subscribed! Thank you SO MUCH for sharing all of your wisdom and experiences. You are very easy to listen to and you crack me up!
Scott, I have been fascinated in people watching since I was young. Whenever Dad would take us out to eat dinner at a restaurant with a salad bar I have always been fascinated with what people picked to eat on the salad bar. I would guess what people would pick to eat. Developed into me sensing something big was going to happen not exactly knowing what it was but sure enough something really big would happen. My Mom had the same instinct. I will never forget the rare time she was sick in this case she had surgery sound asleep in bed facing the wall; I tiptoed in to see if she was alright or needed anything. I didn’t say a word-Mom flipped over a hollered “what” at me ! Scared the me to death! From there I had a job for 15 yrs that would involve calls to the police on occasion. It turned into a frequent occurrence and I earned the name “ Nancy Drew.” Since then I have followed closely to what people say and how they act. That is why I have watched TBP from almost the very beginning I haven’t seen the Tiger King episode yet. I appreciate all the excellent information you have provided to us as well as the rest of TBP👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❣️
Mine is: How can I spot a child predator by their body language, words..., also is there certain facial features in one (google came up with some features but I find this hard to believe). I looove what you are doing, thank you💓💝💗
How I got into this/found you: Retired from biotech and bored, started watching all of the LawTube folks discussing the Johnny Depp/Amber Heard trial. Her body language was so unbelievable and odd that body language UA-cam overlapped with it. And the rest is history.
I had a passing interest in wanting to know why Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the Oscar’s. I clicked on a video from a content creator I was unfamiliar with your friend Spidey! And then I fell into learning about reading peoples body language.
I got interested in body language and learned a lot in prison ! All you do is watch people every day and nice to know if the guy I’m talking to is having a good day or bad and being able to tell by there body language
“The gas truck guy” 😂😂😂😂😂. You’re so funny Scott 😁 The first I ever heard of anything close to body language was probably that show Lie to Me. Thought it was fascinating. Then I found the behaviour panel and learned about real body language stuff😊👍🏻💕🇨🇦
I’ve always been a people watcher. I watched my siblings and learned from their mistakes. Watched my parents and made predictions about what would happen next. Part survival, part fascination about why people act a certain way.
5:13 Marlon Perkins? 😂 Heyyy Scott ❤ I was Marlon Perkins yesterday at Starbucks🤣🤣🤣I had a group of ppl talking-standing, then sitting. No drama, unfortunately, but I still got some good stuff 😊 By the by, I found a YT channel you may be interested in. He changed the name from Sausagetown Bob to Practical Linguistics. He does deep dives into linguistics like Peter Hyatt, only this guy is British.
Hello, when my kids were little, we played a game when we were out in the community. The game was choose someone to look at for 10 seconds… then look away from that person and describe what they were wearing, hair color, what they were doing, etc. as much information as possible. It was just a fun little game. My daughter became quite good at it. From a young age I was used to describing everything for my dad who at age 19 lost his eyesight in World War II. He loved when I described everything around him & all the people we met along the way. I guess that’s why I played the game with my kids. Your videos are fascinating! Thank You! 😊
Thank you so much. But I don’t read these comments. And I would never ever reply. I just don’t have the time. There are so many more things in life that are important than reading comments from someone who watched a video I did. I mean, they took their time to watch my video And then tell me what they thought or just say hello. But I just don’t have time for it. I’m so busy with so many things that are so important. And I’m so important. I think that’s the point I’m trying to make. About how important I think I am. And how important other people should think I am as well. I’m just so danged important. Sometimes I could hardly believe how important I am. But thank you so much for commenting. I really wish I was less important so I could read it. It takes almost 30 seconds to reply to a comment. It takes about three seconds to read one, then all that time replying. I’m just too important. If I did reply, I would just say “thanks” and add an exclamation point. That would make the comment to feel like I really appreciated their comment. But no. I’m too important to do that. So important. And so busy, yes so busy. Oh wait, I’m also handsome. Very handsome. I’m a very handsome and very important person. I just don’t have the time. Again, thank you so much for your comment. I really appreciate it. I’m just so sorry. I don’t have the time to read it or reply because I’m so dang important. Important. Important. 🙏
What's the most important skill to become a good observer? I mean, it seems obvious---just OBSERVE. But, exactly how? Is it as easy as "just watch carefully"? For example, if someone asked me "how do you listen?" I wouldn't just say "listen carefully." I'd say, "Tune into the person, tune out internal and external distractions, don't worry about when you get to speak next, listen for understanding, use your eyes and ears to listen, use your body language to show you are listening, if you find yourself getting bored anticipate what you think they might say and see if you're right, ask relevant questions."
25:14 I like to observe body language in public places guessing who’s related and even how they’re related like daughter in law vs daughter. If you pay attention closely you can usually spot the daughter in law or the son in law based on their interactions with the rest of the group. It’s fascinating to me. Hopefully, no one notices me analyzing them! 😅
Got into this because I do a lot of presentations and use body language to try to anticipate resistance or questions. I’ve also been lied to and realize there are ways of determining whether someone is trustworthy or not.
@Scott, my question is this: I heard somewhere that being afraid of being disbelieved can make you behave in the same way that you would if you would be lying. Is that true? And bonus question would be, how do you differentiate the two in an interrogation?
I have the same question. Social anxiety/fear of not being believed vs truly deceptive behavior. Can people (BP and general public) tell the difference?
Scott...You really crack me up with some of your sayings....like foot freak, for example. I came across a video of The Behavior Panel by accident and watched it. So informative and now I watch as many as I can.
No rough comments from a non-bot. (Funny how you take those on though.) Great hearing your Body Language origin story. I loved detective books when I was a child and tried emulating them by following people to observe them. Later I got hooked on the Lie To Me TV show, even though I now understand it was fictionalized. Behavior Panel became the learning inflection point. Gratitude.
Thanks Scott! my question: I've noticed with some people when they are trying to remember something they make the same expression as anger (brows furrowed/down; everything scrunched to the middle). I've never heard you or TBP mention this similarity. Is this something you've also seen?
Hello! I'm from Romania! I started this in the summer when I discovered your channel. Thanks to you I read books written by Joe Navaro. I really enjoy your content and if I could I would learn more!
Loved highlights as a child, think it's still around... It is fascinating, so thank you for bringing these stories to us. You're a great story teller and I don't mind the rambling...
what an amazing cool story about you and your dad! this is how i got interested in it: worked in the media for 20 years, music industry for 13 years, and could't get a grip on what people were really thinking, the truth. many many times i was confused or disappointed, and this while being successful. there had to be a way to see some truth, separate from what people were just telling me.
I got into body language 5 years ago after ending an abusive "friendship" with a covert narcissist. That's also when I got into psychology and became fascinated with the whole cluster B spectrum (aka arseholes)
Scott so radical of you to read the comments... good to be human and make mistakes - or - she can improve on her communication. Learning opportunities provided 💛 Great dad story you shared, and thanks for being you.
I don’t read the comments. Oh, I SAY I do, but I don’t. For example, this one. No. I didn’t read it. And if I did I wouldn’t reply. I’m just too busy. So no. I don’t read the comments. But I do appreciate the nice words. Thank you. 🙂👍
Hi Scott Thanks for this video I would love a longer video on the differences in customs of interacting in different countries-and specific for the countries we don’t know much about. Just because we have Latino or Hispanic countries closer than Germany for instance first mean that we know the cusstoms so well-I only know mid Eastern and North American but not Central or South American, Hope you get time for that😎
I got into this because I'm autistic and I don't understand or get any of these body language 'cues' I try to watch a lot of TBP videos, I find them super interesting but I am having tremendous difficulty in real life like at work. So a lot of times I don't say anything and that makes people think I'm weird, I'm trying to work on that, haha. To be fair, I am Dutch and it's a completely different, if not opposite, culture to that of Americans. But we are all humans right 😊 I'm hoping at some point some of the stuff will sink into my autistic brain and I will start talking like normal people and not like a robot or not at all 😂😂
@@TriniStarr3527 Awh thanks, that's very sweet of you to say 😄 Oh yeah! But there is also so many different cultures within Europe. Dutch people are often seen as rude, even within Europe. I find culture fascinating, I studied history so I could look deeper into cultures. Especially when you look back in time, it was a lot more intense.
@@janeknudsen9788 You chose a captivating path! Really 🙂 Yes, absolutely, so many different cultures within Europe. Even just in this tiny country (Switzerland) where I live. We have a "French speaking part" where I live, but also a German part and an Italian part! I was born in Peru where I lived for my first 10 years. My mother was half Irish, half German. My father is French. My step father was Swedish (Russian origine / Estonia), etc. etc. It is fun having had so many different cultures since being a child! Now, I am really settled in Switzerland, my children were born here 🙂 I wish you all the best in your career and life ❤
17:16 Is AI like a psychopath? Does it "observe" (collect data) and then mirror the appropriate behaviour and emotions? For some reason I just thought about that 😂
What's the fastest way to calm a situation down with body language? For example, a disagreement is escalating and all you really want to do is solve it rationally. How do you prevent them from turning it into an argument to obscure the point and keep them on track?
Taking this more seriously recently due to being hyper focussed for a few years on personality types. Very young I could spot when I thought someone was lying. Turns out what I was picking up on was the stress response you spoke of. Obviously around a new person it’s not clear what their tells are, but some are so frantic when they lie that it soon becomes clear 😂 Thinking since neurodivergent it’s time to put the pattern recognition in to good use. I take it you’re a bit of a rebel not staying out the comment section advice? The info is very much appreciated 🙏🏻
I think being autistic got me into this. The UA-cam algorithm gods popped up TBP one day and I found it fascinating and a lot had made sense. I've always picked up on patterns people do an as a result been able to predict their behavior to a degree. I think what made it into an addiction was Mark suggested a book and it was amazing. So any time you guys suggest a book I at least add it to a list. But how you are talking up surveys.... might ruin me, so I'm scared and going to resist.
Good morning, Sir. I enjoy your program very much. Thank you for sharing. I have a question Have you ever read the book Verbo judo?; and if you have What do you think about the book.
My interest in body language? I thought I was here because I was interested in the behavior of criminals, but, fair enough, I have followed you down this path. In the 1980s, when I would look for books on how to make friends, I would see books about body language and the signals we don’t realize we’re giving.
Is columbo your favourite TV detective? you recently made reference to the Watch it for Days channel. it is awesome the amount of research involved is mind-blowing. would like your views on the Deception Detective.
Hey Scott, does MBTI ever factor into your behavioral analysis? Is that something that holds any weight with you? Just curious because I sort of gave the whole concept the side eye 😒 like fortune cookies or zodiac stuff but I was amazed at how it’s helped me to understand myself. What do you think?
A woman at an outdoor market in Ukraine almost pulled my 12 year olds pants off because she wanted him to try on some pants. Right out in the open. People in Uktaine get close on the train also, literally touching.
Supposedly playing with your hair can be a sign of a seduction attempt in females. Are there different kinds of hair fidgeting in females in US culture? One person is self-soothing, another is seducing, and another is just thinking? Does it make you look nervous or bored or hot if you play with your hair regardless of the reason?
“I’m watching all over you…every bit…and I’m not a freak..” 😂
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To me, owning one's mistakes is one of the most beautiful and increasingly rare traits. I really appreciate it that you talk about it proactively or leave it in while filming TBP like the Atwood incident. 😅 I think, you are a really good role model in that way and taking it with humour adds to it!🤗
Lmao you’re a riot - I loved your whole tangent on the tractor trailer fire 😂❤
oh no, here comes the guy. - the gas truck guy? - yeah. hahahahaha🤣🤣🤣
Hahaha he's so funny hey
7:16 "Who talks like this!" 😂 Love you, Scott!! ❤
No, its a put down
As a therapist I'm finding learning more body language gold.
What a wonderful legacy your father has left us. Thank you, Scott
Thank you Scott. These videos are like a dinner party conversation with my favorite professor holding court.
I got into this because I was initially looking up on UA-cam how to recognise a certain personality type so as to protect myself from being in unhealthy relationships again. Along the way The Behaviour Panel was recommended on my feed
Love these Q & A sessions! Thank you!
Gotta say, I'm still laughing about the Water Wiggle toy reference from the recent B. Panel episode ... Great stuff from Wham-O!!
David Attenborough ...people whisperer Scott.
Since you asked.. I got into this after discovering the behavioural panel, I'm autistic so learning to read body language absolutely fascinates me. I have learnt so much that I get taken advantage of a hell of a lot less now (naturally naive to people's usually bad intentions) Thankyou so much, I listen to my intuition a lot more now too.
On a side note you are naturally very funny and your life is so interesting that my adhd brain doesn't get bored which really is a more unique talent than you might think. I don't even have to watch your videos on 1.5 speed like I do for the most of UA-cam.
Thanks again for sharing, also do you have an autobiography?
i can relate to that so much. thanks, michelle!
As a kid, my mom and I would sit on a bench at the zoo (ironically😅), and we would "people watch." Our favorite thing to do was to look at people's feet, and we would wonder what kind of personality they had based on their shoes. Consequently, I became extremely fascinated by reading people at a very young age. In college, I would sit on the outskirts of parties and "people watch." I would narrate the body language that I saw and I would tell the stories of the groups of people around the room. It was always easiest to spot the guys hitting on girls who had absolutely no interest in the guy. I would try to predict the next move of the guy or girl, and my friend and I would wait and see what happened. It was so facinating, and *extremely* entertaining!
To this day, I still find myself glancing at people's choice in footwear.
Wow. You were raised right!
@@ScottRouse thank you! It sounds like you were, too. 😊
I got into body language somewhat accidentally - the household I grew up in, and the childhood I experienced made observing people pretty vital. I was young and didn't really know what I was doing, but I started forming baselines for those around me. It made it easier for me to judge what the go was and how I should behave. As I got older I got into true crime, became fascinated by the little quirks and unusual behaviours each individual has, and why we behave the way we do.
Love these videos by the way Scott, feels very personal - like we're chatting over a glass of wine.
Sounds like you’ve had an interesting life. And I like doing these episodes this way. It’s easy. I don’t have to act like someone I’m not. And if I’m the only one who likes it, it’s ok. I’m glad you like them. 🙂👍
Wonderful story of your father introducing you to the concept of Body language through your school ' friends ' sick in the waiting room, which one was sick and which one wasn't . That clicked with me and I have been listening and watching your podcasts and wanting to give you a headsup, you have my interest 😉
Thanks so much Richard. 🙂👍
@10:41 'gas truck guy' has me laughing all the way out loud ... at 5:15am. Thank you Scott, for starting my day with laughter. 4/7/24
My interest is in being able to read patient’s body language. Not everybody lies to get more for themselves, sometimes they lie to hide things. Also, I deal with people who don’t always get treated the best by society, I’ve found that controlling my cadence and inflection gets a really good response from them. They feel respected, important, listened too.
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I got into body language pretty early without knowing it, because I was always wondering, why my father and my mother didn't get the cues I got, when they were talking to people (my dad was autistic looking back, not officially diagnosed, but when I learned more about it, it seems pretty obvious) and my mom has a rather good intuition overall, but I was always a pretty close observer. Then my dad got this book by Allan and Barbara Pease and I read it and that explained a lot of the things I saw naturally and gave me more insight. But I got completely hooked, when I found your videos of TBP during the Depp/Heard trials. Now when I'm out and I had a few I always talk about you guys, so I guess now it's like "Oh no, there she is." - "The body language girl?" - "Yeah." 😅
You and I would get along lol
I’d listen to you read Highlights magazine all day, dude - or anything, really!
100% ! Scott has a great voice
11:29 THANK YOU for being honest and sensitive to not give an opinion on mental health and body language. As someone with bipolar disorder, I hate all the false information that gets distributed... ❤
I would be that one relative grabbing the popcorn every year saying Scott tell me about that gas truck lol I'm with you idc if its the twenthy time you shared it.. I'd be like shhhh he's getting to the good part 😂😂
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Thanks so much for making these videos! I got into body language because of the Depp v. Heard case, which seems like the case for a lot of people. I didn't know why I found Heard to be so unbelievable or why I couldn't feel sympathetic at all. Then I saw the Behavior Panel break it down in a logical, no-fuss way.
As a child from an abusive family dynamic I had to learn to read people. I can often understand situations because of that experience.
I absolutely love you videos, Scott.
You are a genuine, down-to-earth, clever and funny guy with a lot of empathy. I also love it when you get "on your soap box and tell it like it is ! 😆
I have also learnt SO much from you and TBP...thank you 💜
Thank you kitty. That’s so nice of you to say all those nice things. I really appreciate it.🙂
I got into this because I've been in two DV relationships so I've stayed single for 20 yrs to ensure I don't get into another I'm watching your channel.
15:30 there’s a guy on instagram who does the perfect impression of what exchanges between two Irish people together, two German people together, or the mix of one Irish and one German person looks like.
If one Irish person offers another a piece of cake, they’ll refuse refuse refuse it as the offerer keeps nudging them along to take a piece and they finally relent and take the cake.
If a German person offers another German person a piece of cake, they simply say yes and take the slice.
If a German person offers an Irish person a piece of cake, the Irish person will refuse it bc to them it’s impolite to simply take the piece of cake - they have to make out that they don’t want to put their host out by taking the food. The German person will then just say “ok” and walk away without offering it again, because to them - you say what you mean.
When an Irish person offers a slice of cake to a German person and the German person immediately says yes, the Irish person finds it a bit rude - almost a “tall poppies” sort of thing - as if the German person is a bit too full of themselves and is acting as though they’re entitled to the cake. The German person - welp, they say what they mean lol
In the 80s, I took a body language class at UGA. For decades, I thought I knew how to read body language. 😂
I found the Behavioral Panel about 2 years ago, and I have been hooked. I have learned a lot and been very entertained. Thrilled this week to discover your channel. Your voice is soothing, your stories interesting, your manner pleasing and your knowledge valuable …. Thank you! ( not to mention your sneaky wicked sense of humor 😮)
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Love these Q&A sessions. I didn't know I was into body language when I was a kid, but I seemed to have a good sense of when someone was lying or untrustworthy. At the same time, I was a class clown to some degree and did well in our annual school plays; my own mother said "you should become an actor because I can never tell when you're lying!" No big lies, just fibbing or going off on a fanciful tale as a prank. I didn't know this was a real field until you and the BP started your series during Covid. Thanks for all you guys do.
I got into body language in the early ‘90s-in my late 20s-working in the legal field as a court reporter watching and listening to people testify 8+ hours a day, 5 days a week, in person, face to face-sometimes with a videographer, so I had to (had the added bonus) of watching the video after to match the transcript to the video to make sure it’s as exact as possible, and then listening to the audio repeatedly to do the same, I was constantly listening to people under stress and at baseline without knowing that was what I was doing.
So much of what TBP/you guys teach us, I’ve known for years from work, but now I know WHY and THAT’S some of THE MOST fascinating stuff, how the brain and body work and how the brain doesn’t really WANT to lie and what happens as a result.
It’s never just one thing that makes you wanna do something like this, there’s always multiple reasons, isn’t there.
As a woman, it’s nearly impossible for me to take my car in when something is wrong and not get lied to. That’s one easily relatable example of why I got into body language- I was tired of getting lied to.
I could go back to childhood, but that’s gonna really take me over on my time, and you wanted us to keep this short, and mine’s already too flippin’ long🤣
32:51 I began my interest into Body Language technically at age 12 when I decided I wanted to be a pediatrician. weird to decide my life's path at 12 but that's what I started planning. I'm the youngest of 6 kids and did a lot of "people watching" on a daily basis! From then on, all my future schooling concentrated on Psychology, Biology and pre-med studies. I knew that understanding body language would help me to communicate with little kids even when they themselves wouldn't/couldn't express what's wrong or how they feel. I was terrible at taking the MCAT so didn't get in to med school, but I continue to use body language on an everyday basis with colleagues and the significant other! 😄
Your Father sounds like Sherlock Holmes! You’re so Moreish Scott and you have great skin! Must be all those Hattie B’s! I’ve been a bit of body language nerd since I was a child. I used to look up simple words in the dictionary to understand more what people were really saying. My Mother sniffed when I told her a story once and I knew she didn’t have a cold. ‘You Sniffed!’ I exclaimed and went to look it up, sure enough, there it was, ‘to express contempt’! I knew it! I just knew she didn’t believe me. Another one was a cough - ‘expulsion of irritant’! I love all this stuff, can’t get enough ❤️
Yay! I’m so so glad you’re getting something from these. Thank you so much for watching.🙂👍
Book of the Month Club had Paul Ekman's "Telling Lies". Later I wrote a paper about telling lies, for an English class.
Bait taken. Hook was set. I was the fish that was landed on that fateful day when the BOTM flyer arrived in my mailbox.
The only takeaways I use on a daily basis from my ridiculously expensive university education are handwriting analysis and body language. Fascinating stuff, Scott. Much obliged.
(Ten millionth comment from me - sorry) I LOVE that story about you and your dad. I actually just told it to my husband the other day lol
Teresa, you comment as many times as you want. There’s no comment limit. And I read all the comments. 🙂👍
@@ScottRouse well this just made my day! 😁❤️
Hey Scott, as a 12 year old boy, I read Naked Ape and Body Language, just like you. That was racy stuff for a little kid. As a young man, I read Dress for Success. I've spent 50 years trying to figure stuff out. Now I have other books to buy. One of Chase's books is on my order list. This is really fascinating stuff.
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My question didn’t make it on again. 😂 Scott as a sidebar. I really like those posts you do on FB/Instagram where you respond to a scammers text with very clever responses. 👍🏻
How do you remain impartial when reading the body language of someone that you are highly invested in and/or are hoping for a particular outcome?
It’s tough to do.
Great video Scott. I don't know exactly how I got into body language but I remember watching the cool kids at school how they walk and behave, then I just kind of did the same thing watching people in crowds like a weirdo until I came across 4 awesome blokes on The Behaviour Panel and got me hooked like a drug adddict
Growing up, you did EXACTLY what Dr Milton Erickson did. Find out about him. I think you’ll be fascinated. 🙂👍
Thanks Scott, I have a couple of his books saved to order off Amazon.
I had fun listening to your video. I laughed at your imagining of being that heroic fireman so loud, that my husband in the other room got curious. Thank you for the cheer on a dark and stormy day here.
My interest in body language is casual,, but I keep returning to explain some things to me. I have always picked up on the body language movements, tone of voice, and pauses of close friends and family that alert me to something going on in their thoughts that were unexpected. Generally, I know so well what to expect they will do or say, that I anticipate it, and when they don't actually do or say it, it catches my attention. I know they are not telling me everything or something else is going on. My kids call it "Mom's creepy intuition". As grown adults, they stay away from me if they are not ready to share or to worry me, but that too is a "tell". As Detective Monk said, "It is a blessing...and a curse." Now that so much is known and understood about how people communicate intentionally or not, it is fascinating.
Just found this channel and subscribed! Thank you SO MUCH for sharing all of your wisdom and experiences. You are very easy to listen to and you crack me up!
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Scott, I have been fascinated in people watching since I was young. Whenever Dad would take us out to eat dinner at a restaurant with a salad bar I have always been fascinated with what people picked to eat on the salad bar. I would guess what people would pick to eat.
Developed into me sensing something big was going to happen not exactly knowing what it was but sure enough something really big would happen.
My Mom had the same instinct.
I will never forget the rare time she was sick in this case she had surgery sound asleep in bed facing the wall; I tiptoed in to see if she was alright or needed anything. I didn’t say a word-Mom flipped over a hollered “what” at me ! Scared the me to death!
From there I had a job for 15 yrs that would involve calls to the police on occasion. It turned into a frequent occurrence and I earned the name “ Nancy Drew.”
Since then I have followed closely to what people say and how they act.
That is why I have watched TBP from almost the very beginning I haven’t seen the Tiger King episode yet.
I appreciate all the excellent information you have provided to us as well as the rest of TBP👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❣️
This is so interesting. Thanks. Glad you're honest about not talking about what isn't in your expertise too.
Mine is: How can I spot a child predator by their body language, words..., also is there certain facial features in one (google came up with some features but I find this hard to believe).
I looove what you are doing, thank you💓💝💗
How I got into this/found you:
Retired from biotech and bored, started watching all of the LawTube folks discussing the Johnny Depp/Amber Heard trial. Her body language was so unbelievable and odd that body language UA-cam overlapped with it.
And the rest is history.
I had a passing interest in wanting to know why Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the Oscar’s. I clicked on a video from a content creator I was unfamiliar with your friend Spidey! And then I fell into learning about reading peoples body language.
Also - I started reading Chase’s first novel and it has me totally freaked out about mind control!😳🫥
@@monicapatton1405 Yes, after I commented. It is heartbreaking and mighty brave of Chase to share.
Agree, and as a mom it Just made me want to hug him.
@@tzok09 Same. 💔
Love when you just get lost in story telling
foot freak lmao thanks scott !
I got interested in body language and learned a lot in prison ! All you do is watch people every day and nice to know if the guy I’m talking to is having a good day or bad and being able to tell by there body language
“The gas truck guy” 😂😂😂😂😂. You’re so funny Scott 😁
The first I ever heard of anything close to body language was probably that show Lie to Me. Thought it was fascinating. Then I found the behaviour panel and learned about real body language stuff😊👍🏻💕🇨🇦
I’ve always been a people watcher. I watched my siblings and learned from their mistakes. Watched my parents and made predictions about what would happen next. Part survival, part fascination about why people act a certain way.
5:13 Marlon Perkins? 😂
Heyyy Scott ❤
I was Marlon Perkins yesterday at Starbucks🤣🤣🤣I had a group of ppl talking-standing, then sitting. No drama, unfortunately, but I still got some good stuff 😊
By the by, I found a YT channel you may be interested in. He changed the name from Sausagetown Bob to Practical Linguistics. He does deep dives into linguistics like Peter Hyatt, only this guy is British.
Hello, when my kids were little, we played a game when we were out in the community. The game was choose someone to look at for 10 seconds… then look away from that person and describe what they were wearing, hair color, what they were doing, etc. as much information as possible. It was just a fun little game. My daughter became quite good at it. From a young age I was used to describing everything for my dad who at age 19 lost his eyesight in World War II. He loved when I described everything around him & all the people we met along the way. I guess that’s why I played the game with my kids. Your videos are fascinating! Thank You! 😊
4:57 25:13 That would be the always marvelous Sir David Attenborough!🙂
By the third question I definitely thought someone was having you answere a test essay from school LOL! You are very kind.
I commend you for taking the time to read your comments, which must be very time consuming.
Thank you so much. But I don’t read these comments. And I would never ever reply. I just don’t have the time. There are so many more things in life that are important than reading comments from someone who watched a video I did. I mean, they took their time to watch my video And then tell me what they thought or just say hello. But I just don’t have time for it. I’m so busy with so many things that are so important. And I’m so important. I think that’s the point I’m trying to make. About how important I think I am. And how important other people should think I am as well. I’m just so danged important. Sometimes I could hardly believe how important I am. But thank you so much for commenting. I really wish I was less important so I could read it. It takes almost 30 seconds to reply to a comment. It takes about three seconds to read one, then all that time replying. I’m just too important. If I did reply, I would just say “thanks” and add an exclamation point. That would make the comment to feel like I really appreciated their comment. But no. I’m too important to do that. So important. And so busy, yes so busy. Oh wait, I’m also handsome. Very handsome. I’m a very handsome and very important person. I just don’t have the time. Again, thank you so much for your comment. I really appreciate it. I’m just so sorry. I don’t have the time to read it or reply because I’m so dang important. Important. Important. 🙏
@@ScottRouse You have an excellent sense of HA! HA! Good thing I have a strong bladder, otherwise I would have peed my pants!!
*spit my coffee* 😂😂😂
UA-cam comments are tricky. I have regrets too. Thank you for the video.
Since TBP I’m always scanning my environment- so so important!
You have made my brain do the happy dance! I love learning new and interesting things that tickle my adhd. Sending cold Canadian love 🩵🩵
What's the most important skill to become a good observer? I mean, it seems obvious---just OBSERVE. But, exactly how? Is it as easy as "just watch carefully"?
For example, if someone asked me "how do you listen?" I wouldn't just say "listen carefully." I'd say, "Tune into the person, tune out internal and external distractions, don't worry about when you get to speak next, listen for understanding, use your eyes and ears to listen, use your body language to show you are listening, if you find yourself getting bored anticipate what you think they might say and see if you're right, ask relevant questions."
That’s a good one. I’ll put it in the pile!
19:29 I love how you handle the mean ones 😂 i miss the hat, but did see it on the TBP last week!❤
25:14 I like to observe body language in public places guessing who’s related and even how they’re related like daughter in law vs daughter. If you pay attention closely you can usually spot the daughter in law or the son in law based on their interactions with the rest of the group. It’s fascinating to me. Hopefully, no one notices me analyzing them! 😅
So agree with that .... some of the questions are exactly from Chat GB, thats why I stopped ghost writing
Got into this because I do a lot of presentations and use body language to try to anticipate resistance or questions. I’ve also been lied to and realize there are ways of determining whether someone is trustworthy or not.
Can you link the Episode with Don Wells please. ❤ From NH
@Scott, my question is this: I heard somewhere that being afraid of being disbelieved can make you behave in the same way that you would if you would be lying. Is that true? And bonus question would be, how do you differentiate the two in an interrogation?
That’s great one. I’ll put it in the pile!
Another great question!
I have the same question. Social anxiety/fear of not being believed vs truly deceptive behavior. Can people (BP and general public) tell the difference?
Oh I love this one, great question!
❤ Thank you Scott! I learn so much from you. Love your personality as well. God bless
Scott...You really crack me up with some of your sayings....like foot freak, for example. I came across a video of The Behavior Panel by accident and watched it. So informative and now I watch as many as I can.
No rough comments from a non-bot. (Funny how you take those on though.)
Great hearing your Body Language origin story. I loved detective books when I was a child and tried emulating them by following people to observe them. Later I got hooked on the Lie To Me TV show, even though I now understand it was fictionalized. Behavior Panel became the learning inflection point. Gratitude.
Thanks Scott! my question: I've noticed with some people when they are trying to remember something they make the same expression as anger (brows furrowed/down; everything scrunched to the middle). I've never heard you or TBP mention this similarity. Is this something you've also seen?
Hello! I'm from Romania! I started this in the summer when I discovered your channel. Thanks to you I read books written by Joe Navaro. I really enjoy your content and if I could I would learn more!
Loved highlights as a child, think it's still around... It is fascinating, so thank you for bringing these stories to us. You're a great story teller and I don't mind the rambling...
what an amazing cool story about you and your dad! this is how i got interested in it: worked in the media for 20 years, music industry for 13 years, and could't get a grip on what people were really thinking, the truth. many many times i was confused or disappointed, and this while being successful. there had to be a way to see some truth, separate from what people were just telling me.
I got into body language 5 years ago after ending an abusive "friendship" with a covert narcissist. That's also when I got into psychology and became fascinated with the whole cluster B spectrum (aka arseholes)
Who’s this guy…? oh yea the burning gas truck guy! lol! Wtf Hilarious!❤
Scott so radical of you to read the comments... good to be human and make mistakes - or - she can improve on her communication. Learning opportunities provided 💛
Great dad story you shared, and thanks for being you.
I don’t read the comments. Oh, I SAY I do, but I don’t. For example, this one. No. I didn’t read it. And if I did I wouldn’t reply. I’m just too busy. So no. I don’t read the comments. But I do appreciate the nice words. Thank you. 🙂👍
What is the best way to remind yourself not to think with bias, while interviewing someone for a job position?
So glad you have your own show. I love to fall asleep to your voice.
Hi Scott
Thanks for this video
I would love a longer video on the differences in customs of interacting in different countries-and specific for the countries we don’t know much about.
Just because we have Latino or Hispanic countries closer than Germany for instance first mean that we know the cusstoms so well-I only know mid Eastern and North American but not Central or South American,
Hope you get time for that😎
I got into this because I'm autistic and I don't understand or get any of these body language 'cues'
I try to watch a lot of TBP videos, I find them super interesting but I am having tremendous difficulty in real life like at work.
So a lot of times I don't say anything and that makes people think I'm weird, I'm trying to work on that, haha.
To be fair, I am Dutch and it's a completely different, if not opposite, culture to that of Americans. But we are all humans right 😊
I'm hoping at some point some of the stuff will sink into my autistic brain and I will start talking like normal people and not like a robot or not at all 😂😂
You are really cute and have a nice sense of humour! 🙂❤
I live in Switzerland, so yess, I agree, German culture is quite different from Americans!
@@TriniStarr3527 Awh thanks, that's very sweet of you to say 😄
Oh yeah! But there is also so many different cultures within Europe. Dutch people are often seen as rude, even within Europe. I find culture fascinating, I studied history so I could look deeper into cultures. Especially when you look back in time, it was a lot more intense.
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You chose a captivating path! Really 🙂
Yes, absolutely, so many different cultures within Europe. Even just in this tiny country (Switzerland) where I live. We have a "French speaking part" where I live, but also a German part and an Italian part!
I was born in Peru where I lived for my first 10 years. My mother was half Irish, half German. My father is French. My step father was Swedish (Russian origine / Estonia), etc. etc. It is fun having had so many different cultures since being a child! Now, I am really settled in Switzerland, my children were born here 🙂
I wish you all the best in your career and life ❤
17:16 Is AI like a psychopath? Does it "observe" (collect data) and then mirror the appropriate behaviour and emotions? For some reason I just thought about that 😂
Nailed it.
How do read body language on someone’s who has had cosmetic surgery? Like Priscilla Presley for instance.
What's the fastest way to calm a situation down with body language? For example, a disagreement is escalating and all you really want to do is solve it rationally. How do you prevent them from turning it into an argument to obscure the point and keep them on track?
Great question ☝🏻
Taking this more seriously recently due to being hyper focussed for a few years on personality types. Very young I could spot when I thought someone was lying. Turns out what I was picking up on was the stress response you spoke of. Obviously around a new person it’s not clear what their tells are, but some are so frantic when they lie that it soon becomes clear 😂 Thinking since neurodivergent it’s time to put the pattern recognition in to good use. I take it you’re a bit of a rebel not staying out the comment section advice? The info is very much appreciated 🙏🏻
Yay!🙂
Thanks for this body language info. ❤
You sure are welcome. 🙂
19:33 I’ve noticed that. 😂
I think being autistic got me into this. The UA-cam algorithm gods popped up TBP one day and I found it fascinating and a lot had made sense. I've always picked up on patterns people do an as a result been able to predict their behavior to a degree. I think what made it into an addiction was Mark suggested a book and it was amazing. So any time you guys suggest a book I at least add it to a list. But how you are talking up surveys.... might ruin me, so I'm scared and going to resist.
I might still have that very book😂
Good morning, Sir.
I enjoy your program very much.
Thank you for sharing.
I have a question
Have you ever read the book
Verbo judo?; and if you have
What do you think about the book.
It never ceases to amaze me how many decisions your reptile brain makes for you.
Next time you spar with a commenting nemesis, pull out the cool hair photo. You’ll have them running for the hills.
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My interest in body language? I thought I was here because I was interested in the behavior of criminals, but, fair enough, I have followed you down this path. In the 1980s, when I would look for books on how to make friends, I would see books about body language and the signals we don’t realize we’re giving.
0:48 just getting started🙋🏻♂️
I wear my emotions on my face. And if I go quiet something is wrong. 😊
Ive never used chat GPT. It gives the information that is programmed into it by the programmer.
Is columbo your favourite TV detective? you recently made reference to the Watch it for Days channel. it is awesome the amount of research involved is mind-blowing. would like your views on the Deception Detective.
Hey Scott, does MBTI ever factor into your behavioral analysis? Is that something that holds any weight with you? Just curious because I sort of gave the whole concept the side eye 😒 like fortune cookies or zodiac stuff but I was amazed at how it’s helped me to understand myself. What do you think?
I went through voydire once.
A woman at an outdoor market in Ukraine almost pulled my 12 year olds pants off because she wanted him to try on some pants. Right out in the open. People in Uktaine get close on the train also, literally touching.
Supposedly playing with your hair can be a sign of a seduction attempt in females. Are there different kinds of hair fidgeting in females in US culture? One person is self-soothing, another is seducing, and another is just thinking? Does it make you look nervous or bored or hot if you play with your hair regardless of the reason?