Experts agree that communication is 80% of our body language, and not what we say.

Body language is a way in which we can get an understanding of how someone truly feels.

So how can you read someone's body language more efficiently?

Let's explore that.

Here are six ways to read someone's body language.

Number one, recognize their normal behavior and personality first.

You can't read someone effectively if you don't know how they normally act first.

Each of us have our own unique mannerisms and behaviors that reflect our personality.

It's important to get a baseline for how someone acts before jumping to conclusions.

If you notice someone is nervously tapping their foot at your party, does that mean they have something to hide?

Or do they just not like parties or simply have a habit of tapping their foot?

Focus on where their eyes go.

When in a discussion with someone, pay a little attention to the direction their eyes are lingering.

Are they focused on you?

Are they observing the room?

Are they looking at their feet?

If someone is giving you their full attention, they're likely interested in what you have to say.

If they're staring you down though with a bit of a furrowed brow, then they may be a bit upset or trying to intimidate you.

Of course, when someone often drifts their gaze from your eyes, they may be distracted or hoping for the conversation to end

and some people simply don't like maintaining eye contact for too long.

So this is why it's important to know someone's normal before you jump to too many strong conclusions.

How often does this person you're talking to blink?

If someone is rapidly blinking, they may feel uncomfortable with the conversation, pupil size can be a cue sign into whether someone is interested in what you have to say.

Our emotions can cause our pupils to change in size.

When someone has very dilated eyes that may show that they're highly interested in what you have to say or even attracted to you.

Just pay attention to the lighting of the room before you jump to conclusions.

Their pupils could be dilated simply due to a dimly lit room,

Notice their posture.

How someone holds themselves can reveal a lot about them.

Maybe they hold their head high because they've had a good day or maybe they're slumping in their seat because they didn't quite get a full night's sleep.

Notice if someone holds their head high in a manner of confidence or maybe they have a strong ego and puff out their chest,

Judith Orloff, MD, notes that walking in an indecisive manner with your head low and coward could be a sign of low self esteem in some cases.

Posture can reveal much on how someone is feeling for the day, too.

So keep an eye out if they're falling asleep in their chair during class.

Safe to say they're sleepy.

What are their lips doing?

Another way to get a read on someone is to be aware of their lips and what they're doing when they aren't the ones talking.

If they're biting their lip or chewing their bottom lip, they could be nervous or worried.

If someone's mouth is parted faintly, then they're likely comfortable and relaxed.

A sign of fear can be when one's lips quiver.

This could also be a sign that they're feeling sad.

Compressed lips could mean they're a bit uneasy with the situation.

Pursed lips could also mean they disapprove of what's going on around them or that they don't trust you.

Biting their own lips could also mean that they're flirting with you.

Pay attention to what they're wearing.

According to personality psychologists at the University of Texas, Sam Gosling,

we should notice what people choose to tell us about their appearance.

Gosling calls these signs identity claims, and they can include little things like, what we wear, tattoos, bumper stickers, to even our screensaver.

Gosling explains that identity claims are deliberate statements we make about our attitudes, goals, values, etcetera.

These are deliberate choices.

So pay attention to what people want to convey about themselves.

Look out for particular facial expressions.

There are a few common facial expressions that can give way to what someone is really thinking or feeling.

When someone's jaw is clenched and they grind their teeth, that can be a sign of tension.

Someone may feel bitter, angry, or contempt if their lips are pursed.

Deep frown lines forming, you can bet they're worried or over thinking.

Want to know if someone is genuinely smiling in delight?

Look for what is called the Duchenne smile.

According to health line, this occurs when the zygomatic major muscle lift the corners of your mouth

at the same time the orbicularis oculi muscles lift your cheeks and crinkle your eyes at the corners.

Basically, it's the type of smile that reaches up to your eyes, causing those wrinkles by your eyes, known as crow's feet, to appear.

This type of smile appears when someone is genuinely happy as opposed to a polite and kind smile or even a forced smile.

And there could be an easier way to interpret different smiles.

Cardiff University's Magdalena Rychlowska and her colleagues of researchers developed a classification of smiles and their effect on others

with the help of a complex modeling program used in 2017.

When you're giving positive feedback, you can often show what Rychlowska calls the reward smile.

This is when your lips are naturally pulled directly upwards, your eyebrows lift, and you form small dimples at the sides of your mouth.

The dominant smile is used when one communicates friendship and liking.

This includes pressing your lips together along with an appearance of small dimples.

If you happen to notice someone you've been recently talking to using the dominant smile,

they may just be trying to tell you that they want to be your friend.

If you watched all the way, hopefully this was a good 101 body language crash course for you.

We also have a video here on signs someone is highly attracted to you.

Feel free to check it out.