Most travelers pack a phrasebook, a charger, and a decent pair of shoes. Few think about what their hands might say without permission. A casual wave or a cheerful signal can land very differently ...

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 team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Radboud University and TiCC Tilburg University, all in The Netherlands, has found that hand gestures used by people when ...

Our unique language systems distinguish us from other species, but researchers explore how early hand gestures paved the way for civilization. Language gave humans a leg up compared to all other ...

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Words matter—but your hands might matter more, according to a new UBC study which found that purposeful hand gestures can make speakers appear more competent and persuasive. The team also ran ...

No matter what they’re talking about, the best speakers have one thing in common: they use hand gestures. And they do it in a controlled, yet natural way. Psychologists say that hand gestures are a ...

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Google’s new hand gestures for the Pixel Watch are finally here, and they genuinely make using the watch feel more intuitive. You can now control parts of the watch by doing a Double pinch or a quick ...

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