People looking at the works of art are "drawn" to the faces of the pointing characters, say scientists. The post Study finds ...

One of the most common human gestures, the pointing finger, appears frequently in Old Master paintings as a guiding cue. However, its influence on viewers' gaze has never been systematically ...

A staple of Old Master paintings, the pointed finger serves as a gentle cue for where to look. But does the gesture really do the job? A new study published in Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, ...

Editor: I watched the young man run out and hug his teammate at home plate. The small boy stood there, bat in hand, shoulders slumped in disappointment. His lips trembled. Parents from our bench were ...

Enough already. It’s time for both parties—especially in the Congress and the Executive Branch—to stop their partisan finger-pointing and end the shutdown. And in so doing, graciously (or otherwise) ...