Stand in front of any great royal portrait and you'll notice the same thing sooner or later: the hands. They're never simply ...

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 ...

When people talk face to face, they don’t rely on words alone. They move their hands, raise their eyebrows, or nod to help express what they mean. These gestures often carry meaning and help listeners ...

Everyone “talks” with their hands at least sometimes. Some people’s hand-talking or gesturing matches their message well. Other people have a tendency to make overly large gestures that can be ...

This is the fifth comic in a series on moving to Italy. Read the first, second, third and fourth. One of my favorite things to do in Rome is sit at a cafe on the piazza, sip on a spritz and watch ...

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 ...