First dates can be a little nerve-wracking, especially when you don’t know what to expect. Questions such as: “Will they like me?”, “Can I kiss on the first date?”, and “When should I follow up about ...

When you meet up with a friend, do you give him or her a kiss or hug? Well, this high school just outlawed hugging... "The hug has become the favorite social greeting when teenagers meet or part these ...

As Valentine’s Day draws near, candy hearts emblazoned with XOXO, as in “hugs and kisses,” remind us that love is in the air. But why XO? Why not AB? Or XY? It turns out that XO, which has been ...

It’s high time we put the most enduring myths about human behavior to bed, and see the mind—and the world—as it is. I don’t often write about cultural nonverbals, after all there are so many cultures ...

Learn when to kiss, hug or fist bump. Britain's Duchess of Cambridge Kate, left, receives a hongi, a traditional Maori welcome, from Maori Elder Hiria Hape at their official welcome ceremony, in ...

Handshakes are out. So are hugs and kisses. But fist-bumps may be OK. Travel customs have changed a lot during the pandemic. Now, with the busy spring and summer vacation season just ahead, prepare ...