Even when the intention is to express equality, speech can still reinforce gender stereotypes, because biases can slip through via subtle linguistic cues. For example, a subject-complement statement ...

Hands: so useful, yet so problematic! What to do with them? Shove them into pockets? Use them to clutch the sides of the lectern with last-lifeboat-off-the-Titanic fervor? Flick away invisible flies?

Instructors and students can give more visible feedback through live gestures by using new raise hand and thumbs-up 👍 gesture recognition. This feature will automatically display a corresponding ...

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In face-to-face conversations, speakers use hand movements to signal meaning. But do listeners actually use these gestures to predict what someone might say next? In a study using virtual avatars, ...

You hold a lot of power in your hand, and the way you use them is directly tied to energy centers withing the body. That is why hand symbols are used in a number of spiritual practices. Those hand ...