With his office riddled with stacks of video and audiotapes, BYU Assistant Business Professor Curtis LeBaron analyzes the world through the lens of a camera, studying interpersonal communication a ...

“TIE AN ITALIAN’S hands behind his back,” runs an old joke, “and he’ll be speechless.” The gag rests on a national stereotype: Italians are voluble and emotional, and all that arm-waggling supposedly ...

Learn more about how elephants have been using non-verbal gestures to communicate with humans, the first of this complex method documented in non-primates. A point, a wave, a thumbs-up, or a nod of ...

Nonverbal communication plays an important role in the workplace, particularly when you are dealing with the public. There's a well-known "7 percent" rule which suggests that communication is only 7 ...

When people talk, how they gesture depends on the language they speak.Findings from a new study including blind and sighted participants suggest that these gestural variations do not emerge from ...

Every time we smile, grimace, or flash a quick look of surprise, it feels effortless, but the brain is quietly coordinating an intricate performance. This study shows that facial gestures aren’t ...

Researchers have found bonobos and chimpanzees use manual gestures of their hands, feet and limbs more flexibly than they do facial expressions and vocalizations, further supporting the evolution of ...

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