There are thousands of different languages in the world, but only one is universal.

Just 7% of what we understand comes from words, while a staggering 65% is classed as nonverbal,

meaning our bodies are dead giveaways of our true thoughts and feelings.

Here's some secrets your body language reveals about you.

You're listening. You're listening. You're listening. You're listening.

You're listening.

I'll be amazed.

Eye contact is vital for conveying important social cues, but there are also some unspoken rules about how to use it in everyday life.

In Western culture, eye contact is expected to be regular, but not persistent enough that it becomes creepy.

In 2015, psychologists at the University of College London found that the preferred length of eye contact between strangers is around 3.2 seconds at any one time.

400 subjects participating in the study recorded their comfort level while watching video clips of actors looking directly at them for varying lengths of time.

Despite an average preferred time of 3.2 seconds, most claimed that they were comfortable

with more extended periods when they deemed the actors to look non-threatening. Behavioralists have also

noted that evasive eye contact or constant blinking can show someone's discomfort or even

indicate potential dishonesty. If you want to know whether someone's really lying to you,

just watch the direction of their eyes.

If they look up and to the right, they might be telling lies. This is thought to be because looking

right corresponds with the brain's right side, which is responsible for creative and abstract thinking,

whereas looking to the left recalls logical thought and memory, even though the whole left-right

brain theory is merely a myth.

However, this method known as eye access and clues is also sometimes used in FBI studies.

Although if a person is left-handed, remember that the directions are reversed.

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