A new study suggests that pointing fingers in Old Master paintings generate entire webs of association in viewers' minds.

One of the most common human gestures, the pointing finger, appears frequently in Old Master paintings as a guiding cue.

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 ...

Donald Trump's signature finger-pointing gesture is more than a quirky habit; it's a deliberate communication tool. A new study by linguist Christopher Hart investigates how President Trump's ...

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 ...

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Dogs possess a 2-year-old child's capacity to understand human pointing gestures, with dogs requiring next to zero learning time to figure out the visual communication, according to two recent studies ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Starting with naturally occurring (proto-) pointing gestures of two infants, I examine the role and nature of early gesture in language ...

Christopher Hart, a professor of linguistics at Lancaster University in the U.K., noticed something early on about how U.S. President Donald Trump communicates: The man loves to point, and it has a ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Pointing seems pretty basic. You’ve probably been doing it since ...

Christopher Hart, a professor of linguistics at Lancaster University in the U.K., noticed something early on about how U.S. President Donald Trump communicates: The man loves to point, and it has a ...