Scientists Find Evidence of a Universal, Non-Verbal Communication System : ScienceAlert

Deep down, everyone just wants to be understood. And regardless of what language we speak, or whether we are blind or sighted, new research hints at a shared, universal non-verbal communication system that comes to life when we gesture without talking.

The study of children aged 3 to 12 years old was led by Şeyda Özçalışkan, a psychological scientist at Georgia State University in Atlanta and native Turkish speaker who studies language development in different types of learners and different language speakers.

By studying gestures in adults and children, Özçalışkan’s research tries…