What does it mean when a person crosses their arm? Is there more to crossed arms than meets the eye? A crossed arm is part of body language, and it is a powerful tool for communicating emotions and ...

We all speak two languages: one with words, and another with our bodies. This second language, the language of body language, can reveal a lot about our emotions, thoughts, and intentions we might not ...

One morning in December 2004, elders and children were wandering on the shore of Strait Island in the Bay of Bengal when one of them noticed something odd. The sea level was low, and weird-looking ...

Grunts, barks, screams and pants ring through Taï National Park in Cȏte d’Ivoire. Chimpanzees there combine these different calls like linguistic Legos to relay complex meanings when communicating, ...

Are some people better at nonverbal communication than others? I have spent the last 45 years studying this very topic: individual differences in people’s abilities to communicate through nonverbal ...