The V Sign (Palm Inward) As a Brit myself, this one is close to my heart — and it's a common American gesture to avoid in Britain. To most of the world, this common gesture is the symbol for peace or ...

The handshake, once considered the gold standard of international greetings, has become surprisingly complex. Research has shown significant cultural differences in how Americans and people from ...

To communicate without words, humans use a host of gestures—whether a wave to wish someone goodbye, a thumbs-up to indicate approval or “flipping the bird” to suggest something far less polite. While ...