Communication is of exceptional importance in all human interactions, as people communicate with others on a daily basis in their private lives or at work. In these contacts, not only verbal communication is established, by which we try to express our message, but also nonverbal communication, which is equally important. We can agree that speech primarily serves to transmit information, while facial expressions, body language, the tone we use, gestures convey mood. This paper analyzes the concept of communication, communication processes, verbal and nonverbal communication. The central part of the paper elaborates on the topic of nonverbal communication, what nonverbal communication serves for, how the message of nonverbal communication is sent and received. The movements and body positions of people are discussed in detail, and how various facial expressions, gestures, tone of voice, touch, gaze signals and body language are interpreted. In the second part of the paper, a study on the recognition of nonverbal communication was conducted. A questionnaire was sent to individuals of different ages and professional backgrounds, and the main factor of division was gender. The main part of the research is dedicated to the success of recognizing nonverbal communication in relation to gender, with the assumption that women recognize nonverbal communication better than men. By analyzing the collected responses, we confirmed this hypothesis.