Gesture is also not sign language ... It is about thinking and communication, and is a sophisticated aid to both.

Chimpanzees and humans already share 98.8% of the same DNA — they might as well learn to share conversation, too. New ...

The research uncovers the hidden mechanics of political communication, showing how gestures can amplify a populist message.

When working together to achieve a goal, especially in collaborative problem solving (CPS) tasks, students are likely to use many different forms of communication. These include not only language but ...

But how much of their communication resembles ours? A lot, it turns out. According to a study published Monday in the journal Current Biology, chimpanzees gesture back-and-forth in a similar way ...

significantly advancing our understanding of visual communication in birds. A small-bird species, the Japanese tit (Parus minor), uses wing movements as a gesture to convey the message "after you ...

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.

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.