Peter Collett b. 1945
Dr Peter Collett is a psychologist was a member of staff at
the Department of Experimental Psychology at Oxford University, where he taught
and did research. Collett was one of the authors behind the book Gestures:
Their Origins and Distribution, which not only looked at gestures in details,
but studies their cultural differences. Building on this collection, Collett
wrote his own book on tells, those actions that can provide insight into what
someone is thinking, even if that person doesn’t know it themselves. A widely
acknowledged expert on body language, he often writes articles or produces
videos which attend to famous people’s state of minds, deciphered from their
actions. In the style of Desmond Morris, whom he has worked with, Collett not
only shows how tells work but attempts to explain their origin. His website is well worth a visit.
Read The Book of Tells: How To Read People’s Minds From
Their Actions (2003) Bantam
Also by Peter Collett:
Foreign Bodies (1993)
Gestures (1979)
How To Tell What People Are Thinking (2017)
Watch Peter's TEDx Talk on YouTube: