Don't just talk to your toddler -- gesture, too. Pointing, waving bye-bye and other natural gestures seem to boost a budding vocabulary. Scientists found those tots who could convey more meaning with ...

Gesturing is often something we poke fun at for being theatrical and distracting. But a study suggests that not only is hand-waving key to being persuasive, but also which hand you use. The ...

If you are planning to do some Oktoberfesting in Germany, you may want to pay attention to how you order your beverages. The server is not giving you a three-for-the-price-of-two beer special; you're ...

Young children who use gestures outperform their peers in problem-solving tasks, says a new study. Children aged between two and five were asked to sort cards printed with colored shapes first by ...

Gesturing helps students develop new ways of understanding mathematics, according to research at the University of Chicago. Scholars have known for a long time that movements help retrieve information ...

Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi uttered these words and with a wave of his hand summoned the “Force” and was able to control the minds of two Storm Troopers in Lucasfilm Ltd. and now Disney’s Star Wars. Well, the ...

When people talk, they often gesture with their hands. Even when their conversational partners cannot see them, people still gesture - when talking on the telephone, for example, or when blind people ...

We have four brain hemispheres — a left and right cerebral hemisphere and a left and right cerebellar hemisphere. I call these the left and right “Up Brain and Down Brain.” In this split-brain model ...

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump don’t agree on much. They do, however, agree that hand gestures can be powerful if employed well and repetitiously. Just watch them. He’s got that gun thing and she’s ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Two studies of a gesturing hand, ...

SAN FRANCISCO, July 26, 2013 -- In the first study of its kind, SF State researchers have shown that younger children who use gestures outperform their peers in a problem-solving task. The task itself ...

Gesturing helps students develop new ways of understanding mathematics, according to research at the University of Chicago. Scholars have known for a long time that movements help retrieve information ...