I watch little TV beyond the DIY channel. However, I have become a fan of the new show Lie To Me. It is all about body language, which has been an interest of mine since I studied monkeys in a previous life. Monkeys major form of communication is body language. I picked up The Definitive Book of Body Language by Allan and Barbara Pease last night and have already started reading it. It is an interesting read and I am looking forward to finishing it.
Early on in the book I came across this statement. "Most women have the brain organization to outcommunicate any man on the planet. Magnetic Resonance Imaging brain scans (MRI) cleary show wy women have a far greater capacity for communicating with and evaluating people than men do. Women have between foruteen and sixteen areas of the brain to evalutate others' behavior versus a man's four to six areas."
My first question upon reading this was "Does this mean that women make better recruiters?" Are they are more "tuned in" in the interview? For that matter, does that explain why there are so many women in HR, the field where people "reading" skills are supposed to be at a premium?
Perhaps so, and I would like you views on this matter. The good news is, for us males in HR and recruiting, reading body language can be learned. So even though we have a brain handicap at the outset we males can catch up some, though supposedly will never be as good.
As a last note, one thing else mentioned so far in the book, is that women lie better than men do! Anyone shocked by that?
