“Hand gestures are so valuable in communication because people’s body language is often more honest than what they’re saying with their words, so we see these gestures as more authentic ...

In an article in the online magazine Psyche, Susan Goldin-Meadow argues that gestures “contain and convey meaning” and can be deployed to enhance our thinking and communication. She avers that ...

The researchers analyzed over 8,500 gestures made by the ape species ... share similar evolutionary history or trajectories to the communication systems of other species suggesting that this ...

At the same time, chimpanzee communication almost certainly does differ in important ways from human language. Only a small percentage of chimp gestures featured this rapid back-and-forth (14% ...

Studying two species, common cuttlefish ( Sepia officinalis) and dwarf cuttlefish ( Sepia bandensis ), the two researchers have identified four arm-waving signs, which they call “up,” “side,” “roll” ...

Research shows that support is effective only when it’s grounded in mutual understanding and appreciation. If the gesture isn’t wanted or the moment is wrong, even well-intended touch can do more harm ...

isolating instances of communication between chimps and collecting data on which one initiated the exchange and how the primates responded to one another with gestures and other behaviors.