Some autistic people have difficulty reading the subtleties of non-verbal language and may let them misinterpret what is said. Another faction that struggles with non-verbal language is Amimia. A person facing Amimia cannot understand hand gestures, even if they have been understood before. Our eyes tell us a lot about what is going on in our mind. For example, closing our eyes for longer than a blink is our way of not letting our brain process anything threatening or unwanted. Another example is eye contact; When someone is lying, they usually look away to avoid eye contact. This sometimes poses a problem during police interrogations, where suspects who are familiar with these nonverbal cues deliberately make longer eye contact to confuse the investigator. However, investigators have learned to observe other nonverbal cues, such as intonation, that indicate deception, and to observe when normal eye contact becomes abnormal. Eye contact can also show love, hate, confidence, goosebumps, or enthusiasm. Additionally, another indicator of emotion is our posture; it can indicate whether we are tense, relaxed, interested, angry or disgusted. Our posture can emphasize what our face/eyes are trying to convey, such as crossing our arms to show tension and drawing back to show disgust. Through nonverbal language, we are also able to detect cues of deception, honesty, or love which further serve adaptive benefits. Eye contact is important to show our confidence (as well as our posture) and to see if someone likes us or hates us. This allows us to cope more effectively – spotting danger –, obtain resources – if you are confident that you will excel more and people will believe in you – and reproduce successfully – demonstrating that you are trustworthy. Body language is distinctly different everywhere