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 ...

Hand clapping is ubiquitous behavior for humans across time and cultures, serving many different purposes: to signify approval with applause, for instance, or to keep time to music. Acousticians often ...

If you're going to be an effective quarterback on the road in the SEC, you sometimes need to have the clap. Clapping is an essential part of many teams' snap sequence when crowd noise is a factor, and ...