Having students make hand gestures connected to what they’re learning can help them remember new information, including vocabulary. But there are some important caveats. When I was researching a book ...

Communication gestures used by humans and our primate relatives are providing clues about how our species' ability to use spoken language evolved. There are few one-offs in life on Earth—rarely can a ...

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Let’s take our history of hand gestures back to the basics, starting with the good ol’ handshake. Whether you’re greeting someone for the first time, closing a deal or making amends, shaking hands is ...

New research shows that the early production of beat gestures with the hands (i.e., gestures normally associated with emphasis that do not represent the semantic content of speech) by infants between ...

Language mutates. As society changes, neologisms sprout, new words become codified – app, selfie, meme, troll – and old ones die out. And the rise of new technologies also impacts our non-verbal ...

Nonverbal expression and gestures communicate a lot. In many societies, an individual who flashes the “middle finger” (or holds it in place for a short time) communicates a certain degree of ire, ...