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Radboud University: Typing in Mid-air or Pretending to Drink - How Using Your Hands to Communicate Can Help You Understand Others
March 18, 2025
NIJMEGEN, The Netherlands, March 18 -- Radboud University issued the following news:

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Typing in mid-air or pretending to drink: how using your hands to communicate can help you understand others

Certain hand gestures, such as pretending to hold a cup in your hand and bringing it to your mouth to pretend to drink, help people respond more quickly in conversations. This is evident from research by neuroscientist Marlijn ter Bekke of the Donders Institute . . .

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