The handshake, once considered the gold standard of international greetings, has become surprisingly complex. Research has shown significant cultural differences in how Americans and people from ...

This matters because intonation (the rise and fall of speech that conveys emotion, emphasis, and intent) can flip meaning ...

Philosophical Transactions: Biological Sciences, Vol. 369, No. 1651, Language as a multimodal phenomenon: implications for language learning, processing and evolution (19 September 2014), pp. 1-10 (10 ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. Hand gestures are generally very accepted in the United ...

When it comes to caring for aging parents, we often think about big decisions like healthcare arrangements, living situations, or financial planning. Yet research consistently shows that it's often ...

Through the years our photographers have shot dozens of “wax museums” at local elementary schools, where fourth-graders dress up as famous people past and present. The students in the photos are ...

Gestures and visual animations can help reveal the cognitive origins of meaning, indicating that our minds can assign a linguistic structure to new informational content 'on the fly' -- even if it is ...

A V-gesture used when taking photos may express the feelings of happiness or victory, but a reversed V-gesture (palms facing inward V-shaped gestures) has a rude meaning in some places. Many of the ...