Using certain hand gestures can boost audience engagement and willingness to purchase, according to a new study from Wharton’s Jonah Berger. Persuasive communication is Wharton marketing professor ...

A new hand signal, demonstrated in a video uploaded to TikTok and Twitter, is being used by domestic violence victims to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An appropriate hand gesture can help drive your point home. Fajrul Islam/Moment via Getty Images When people use hand gestures ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Alhambra Police Department said in an Aug. 31 social media post that officers were responding to a 911 call "regarding ...

The “Signal for Help” is a tool to help those experiencing gender-based violence, created by the Canadian Women’s Foundation. It’s a one-handed gesture a person can use to communicate they need ...

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 ...

In face-to-face conversations, speakers use hand movements to signal meaning. But do listeners actually use these gestures to predict what someone might say next? In a study using virtual avatars, ...

Using hand signals during calls can increase a team’s ability to communicate more effectively in an environment where it is difficult to pick up on social cues, a new study suggests. University ...

A recent study from the Institute of English Language and Literature at Freie Universität Berlin has shown that using codified gestures as a teaching method may make it easier for children and ...