How did nodding your head up and down come to be interpreted as “agreement” and nodding side to side as “disagreement” or denial across so many cultures?

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How did nodding your head up and down come to be interpreted as “agreement” and nodding side to side as “disagreement” or denial across so many cultures?

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One suggestion is that the negative shake comes from the way a baby turns it’s head away when offered food or the nipple when it doesn’t want it.

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