Kate Middleton, Princess Diana, Prince William, Prince Charles and other royals have signature gestures that reveal more than fans realize.

Hand gestures are powerful tools for conveying emotions like approval, gratitude, and friendship, yet their meanings differ across cultures. For instance, a thumbs-up may convey agreement in some ...

Small romantic gestures — texting her about the meeting she was dreading, filling the gas tank before she asks, saying out loud what you notice — are what actually build attraction over time. One ...

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, ...

Our hands may do more than complement what we say. They can also help our brains process grammar. In a new neuroimaging study published in PNAS, researchers from the Max Planck Institute for ...

Humans are surprisingly good at interpreting the meanings of gestures made by chimpanzees and bonobos, our closest living relatives, reports a first-of-its-kind study that quizzed more than 5,500 ...

Hand gestures are generally very accepted in the United States. Unfortunately, hand gestures don’t mean the same thing around the world. In many cases, hand gestures can be interpreted as rude and ...

New research led by the University of St Andrews reveals bonobo chimpanzee gestures change meaning according to the specific context in which they are used, in the same way humans communicate. The ...

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 the forest near Wamba, a village in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, some of the last remaining bonobos breed, feed and lounge in the trees. Like other great apes, these animals have a rich ...