Hand movements are often treated as a nervous tic to be suppressed, but a growing body of research suggests they are one of the most powerful tools a speaker has. Across lab experiments, large-scale ...

When words fail, gestures can help to get the message across -- especially for people who have a language disorder. An international research team has now shown that listeners attend the gestures of ...

When people use hand gestures that visually represent what they’re saying, listeners see them as more clear, competent, and ...

When words fail, gestures can help to get the message across - especially for people who have a language disorder. An international research team has now shown that listeners attend the gestures of ...

The study has shown that two communication cues - intonation and gestures - are also helpful for children with typical language development, but " it's especially useful to apply them in school ...

Love it or hate it, the modern workplace is now a global one. We communicate through screens, speak different languages, and have different cultural upbringings. Thankfully, a big part of effective ...

Gesture communication is increasingly recognised as a vital compensatory strategy in aphasia rehabilitation. Aphasia, most commonly arising from stroke-related brain injuries, impairs verbal ...

Humans commonly use referential gestures that direct the attention of recipients to particular aspects of the environment. Because the recipient of a referential gesture must infer the signaler's ...

New research shows that chimpanzees regularly communicate with each other through rapid back-and-forth gestures, similar to how humans talk. Reading time 2 minutes Chimpanzees and humans are even more ...

Chimpanzees and humans already share 98.8% of the same DNA — they might as well learn to share conversation, too. New research has found that chimps send “rapid fire” gestures back and forth to one ...

People who suffer from an acquired language disorder due to a brain injury – for example after a stroke, traumatic brain injury or brain tumor – often have difficulties communicating with others.