Multimodal communication is an interdisciplinary field that addresses the integration of verbal language with non-verbal modes such as gesture, facial expression and prosody. This area of research ...

Let’s take our history of hand gestures back to the basics, starting with the good ol’ handshake. Whether you’re greeting someone for the first time, closing a deal or making amends, shaking hands is ...

Humans retain an understanding of gestures made by other great apes, even though we no longer use them ourselves, according to a new study. Humans retain an understanding of gestures made by other ...