Yes, your eyes do speak, especially when you're thinking. Neurologists who study hemispheric brain processing have found that when the right hemisphere of your brain is active, your eyes tend to move to the left, and when the left hemisphere of your...

Have you ever tried to assemble a vehicle that arrived in parts in a box by reading printed directions? Like, maybe a bicycle? This morning, my husband Milt and I attempted to assemble a new rolling walker for my elderly mother. When Milt brought the...

Talk about contradiction! Yesterday we received our census letter (no, not the one telling us our census form was coming—the actual census form) from the Federal Government. I believe my husband Milt and I are reasonably intelligent people. We are...

What is it about coffee that inspires communication? Is it that tantalizing odor that inspires coffee drinkers to open up? Is it the warmth of the cup that makes coffee drinkers feel comfortable and relaxed? Is it the caffeine that peps up coffee...

Communication researcher Chris Segrin wrote about the relationship between communication and depression and loneliness in a chapter of Andersen and Guerrero's Handbook of Communication and Emotion. Segrin coined the term Marilyn Monroe Syndrome after...