Both men were leaning back with their hands behind their heads and their ... We subconsciously switch our body posture to match that of the other person – mirroring that person’s nonverbal ...

That means assuming the body language of a powerful person can make you feel ... clasp your hands behind your head, and lean back. We call this one “The Obama,” because the commander in ...

“He’s leaning so far back, you pull up next to him, all you see is his head, you don’t even see his shoulder,” he explains of a hypothetical leaner. Pantomiming a left-hand turn from a ...