Talk With Your Hands

Hand gestures while talking are a powerful aspect of communication.

A study analyzing TED Talks found viral speakers used nearly twice as many hand gestures as the least popular speakers. People who "talk" with their hands tend to be seen as warm, ...

Research shows that small shifts in perspective can help people in controlling their emotions.

In experiments, when people viewed themselves as "distanced" from a situation, they were less anxious than the group that viewed themselves as in the middle of the situation....

• People with softer, sonorant names like Marla or Samantha (names that flow from the tongue easily) are perceived to be more agreeable and warm.
• Names that sound sharp and abrupt like Eric or Kirk are perceived to have a cold nature.
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