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 ...

“To fully communicate with others, and maybe even with ourselves, we need to understand what’s happening with our hands,” asserts Goldin-Meadow (Hearing Gesture), a psychology professor at the ...

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, ...

If someone points a finger at you and shoots you symbolically, how badly do they want you to die? The meaning of gestures is ...

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