This post is co-authored by Ron Riggio and nonverbal communication expert Alan Crawley. When and why do we clap? We get startled, and we clap. We try to get our dog’s (or our child’s) attention, and ...

ITHACA, N.Y. — Every time you applaud at a concert or celebrate a touchdown, your hands are performing a feat of physics that scientists have puzzled over for decades. Cornell University researchers ...

Hands were clapping in the clave rhythm on Friday afternoon inside the Longs Peak room inside the University of Northern Colorado University Center. Leading the clapping was Samuel Torres, a Latin ...