That’s why in the future, she thinks, neural prostheses meant for patients with a stroke or paralysis will decode facial ...

When words fail, gestures can help to get the message across -- especially for people who have a language disorder. An international research team has now shown that listeners attend the gestures of ...

Gesture communication is increasingly recognised as a vital compensatory strategy in aphasia rehabilitation. Aphasia, most commonly arising from stroke-related brain injuries, impairs verbal ...

Gesturing when speaking is something we all do, whether consciously or unconsciously, and is part of human communication. We usually use our hands, move our head, raise our eyebrows, point with our ...

Across cultures, people literally point to the future in different directions. Our hands reveal how language, writing, and ...

The study has shown that two communication cues - intonation and gestures - are also helpful for children with typical language development, but " it's especially useful to apply them in school ...

Hannah VanderHoeven is a Ph.D research student at Colorado State University (CSU) who holds a MS in Computer Science from CSU. As part of iSAT, Hannah works with Dr. Krishnaswamy on automatic gesture ...

New research shows that chimpanzees regularly communicate with each other through rapid back-and-forth gestures, similar to how humans talk. Reading time 2 minutes Chimpanzees and humans are even more ...

Feminine elegance is expressed through everyday gestures that communicate confidence, good manners, and style. This article ...

How do you signal to a waiter, across a crowded restaurant, you want the check or bill? How do you signal that the person you’re addressing should phone you? How do tell another motorist, at the ...

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.