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Benefits of hand gestures
Hand motions often reveal information that is absent from our talk. It might signal that a point is more important, or that the speaker is still trying to understand an idea.
According to a study published, children that use hand gestures early in life is likely to develop a strong vocabulary and other skills related to sentence structure and better storytelling.
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Gesturing helps you understand other people
We collect information from others' body language. We naturally feel that passionate people will be more animated and look more enthusiastic. When their gestures are bigger, we process that they must be really passionate about their topic.
This is mostly because bo...
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Gesture-speech mismatch
A mismatch occurs when we signal something with our hands that is different from our words. It may be a sign that you're learning.
Adults are less likely to trust people who display a mismatch between speech and body language.
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Hand gestures are healthy and normal
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, ...
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