A study shows that children who show right handed preference at a young age develop better language skills. Florida International University researcher Eliza Nelson discusses on Lunch Break. Photo: ...

Humans favor speech as the primary means of linguistic communication. Spoken languages are so common many think language and speech are one and the same. But the prevalence of sign languages suggests ...

Chimpanzees and bonobos can communicate with greater flexibility using hand gestures than they can with facial expressions or vocalizations, new research shows. Their use of hand motions to convey ...

Can't find the right word? You might want to start moving your hands. New research at the University of Alberta suggests that gesturing while you talk may improve your access to language. Can't find ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Hand Talk is an app which is designed to allow better communication between deaf and non-deaf people. The app, which has already been downloaded more than one million ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The origin of human language has been described as one of science’s oldest and most controversial puzzles, but evidence gathered by West ...

Humanity's right-hand dominance might be more than 500,000 years old, new research indicates. The trait of right-handedness is commonly believed to be a sign of the development of another uniquely ...

A body language expert has revealed the hand gesture that can make you come across as arrogant and conceited. Adrianne Carter, a UK-based body language and communications expert told her 668,000 ...

It’s been a rough few months for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. There was a bizarre story about a car chase through the streets of Manhattan and the accounts from that night didn’t add up. Then came ...