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People seem to easily recognize that someone with a big smile is happy, whereas someone with a furrowed brow and hunched shoulders appears troubled or sad. We regularly use kinesic communications or body language (e.g., movements of the head, eyes, arms, and body) to convey meaning to others. Trial commentators accept that attorneys' nonverbal communications influence jurors and offer strategies for trial attorneys to employ in using these cues to their advantage in the courtroom. This chapter starts by reviewing the recommendations of trial commentators regarding kinesic communications. It then critically considers the science relevant to those recommendations and the likely effectiveness of those recommendations. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)