Researchers hope the study's findings on goats encourage people to learn more about the intelligence and awareness of farm animals Goats get it! According to a new study in the journal Frontiers in ...

One of the most common human gestures, the pointing finger, appears frequently in Old Master paintings as a guiding cue. However, its influence on viewers' gaze has never been systematically ...

Source: Mary Bates, used with permission. Pointing is a unique human referential signal. Babies develop the ability to understand pointing gestures between the ages of nine and 12 months. But what ...

A staple of Old Master paintings, the pointed finger serves as a gentle cue for where to look. But does the gesture really do the job? A new study published in Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Former President George W. Bush once gave a speech in which he said, ...

Pointing makes kids believe you. And it may convey an air of authority to adults, too. That's the finding of a pair of psychologists at the University of Virginia. In a new study probing how young ...

Pointing is the very first gesture babies use to refer to the objects around them. This is true across human societies: Across the planet, people begin pointing at about nine to 14 months and continue ...

In this painting, the figure seated on the right points at the card-player while laughing, a gesture that underscores his mockery of the young man’s naïveté. The more experienced player, together with ...