You can read it on their faces, hear it in their voice tones, see it in their gestures and feel it their touch. People in a reserved culture are careful about displaying their emotions. They value self-control and they are skilled at “reading between the lines.”

Cultures in the Mediterranean, Middle East, South and Central America and Southern Europe tend to have expressive communication styles compared with the more reserved communication styles of cultures in North America, Northern and Western Europe and the Far East.