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 ...

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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 ...

Gestures may be simple actions, but they don’t function in isolation. Research shows that gesture not only augments language, but also aids in its acquisition. In fact, the two may share some of the ...

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 ...

How many times have you looked into your dog’s eyes and thought, “If only you could talk”? Well, it turns out the canines have been speaking to us all along, and not just through barking or whining. A ...

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What role does gesturing play as children learn to speak? What gestures do they use to complement their verbal statements? Can computer-assisted models of language acquisition help explain the ...

Figuring out the dynamics of relationships can be tough. Sometimes, it's not clear if one person is doing more or less of the emotional (or physical or logistical or any type of) work to make a ...

Breakups are tough no matter how you slice them, but they tend to be a little easier on the heart if you can see them coming. Nothing stings quite like being blindsided, so keeping an eye out for ...

Did Elon Musk intend to extend a Nazi-like salute at President Trump’s inauguration? Many are absolutely convinced that he did. Others are just as certain that Musk offered an awkward, ...

Remember the last time someone flipped you the bird? Whether or not that single finger was accompanied by spoken obscenities, you knew exactly what it meant. The conversion from movement into meaning ...