Your mother was right when she encouraged you to stand up straight and put your shoulders back: Research shows not only do such subtle shifts in our posture help us feel more energized, they also ...

A couple of studies show that the effects of bullying on children are both long-term and significant. Significant because bullying leads teens to develop distrust, which hinders their ability to form ...

Ever catch your child staring quietly at something in your house and wonder what’s going through their mind? Kids are little ...

Studies show that kids as young as 3 years old can have body image concerns. Author Susan Verde was an elementary school teacher who saw kids forming judgments about their bodies very early on and ...

A new crop of children’s book authors are trying to help kids develop curiosity about their physical bodies. But how exactly do they turn fraught body politics into compelling children's stories? As ...

We can understand so much about what people are communicating by simply paying attention to their physical cues. Let’s say that you’re walking down the street and pass a guy who raises his arm in the ...

Body functionality refers to everything that the body can do. Body functions broadly fall into six domains, including (1) physical capacities (e.g., stretching), (2) internal processes (e.g., ...

While body language and nonverbal communication may seem subtle and unsuspecting in conversations largely characterized by verbal language and words, they're actually a glimpse into our internal ...