As much as I love those awkward pauses of Zoom meetings (it really can be hilarious when a person’s video frame freezes just so), I feel like we could all get better at it, considering it’s a main ...

Whenever you’re asked “what’s your sign?” the obvious response is the sign that the sun was traveling through when you were born, but that’s just one piece of a detailed astrological blueprint known ...

In Part 1 of this three-part series on “How Does Communication Work?” I introduced the distinction between kinesics (body language, including gestures, eye gaze, and facial expressions) and ...

Communication is often defined as the sharing of information, feelings and ideas. In the business world, exchanging information is essential for your company's success, and there are many different ...

Cristina Gottardi/Unsplash Effective communication lies at the heart of human connection. It helps us collaborate with each ...

In an era defined by emails, text messages and social media status updates, it is easy for business professionals to take effective communication for granted. Messages often bounce around conference ...

In preparing for my Fall course: Communications for Professionals, I’ve been thinking more and more about the different types of communication. In previous years, I have outlined four types of ...

Bonobos, our evolutionary cousins in the primate family, may be able to use vocal sounds to communicate meaning in a way that had previously only been observed in humans, according to a study ...

This is part two of a three-part “survival guide” to the coronavirus/COVID-19 Pandemic. In part 1, I determined to do something active that had a chance of increasing my connections to others. I also ...

Snobs of Northern Europe have long prided themselves, among other marks of imagined distinction, on their stillness in speech. The gesticulating Italian is a stubborn stereotype, but some drew the ...

• Scientists discovered that Heschl’s gyrus, not just the superior temporal gyrus as previously thought, plays a crucial role ...