The action was created not only because deaf people wouldn’t be able to hear clapping, but also because people often clap their hands in their laps or at waist level, ...

The University of Manchester's student union has banned clapping, whooping and cheering at their events -- suggesting the use of "jazz hands" instead. Traditional clapping can be triggering for ...

Clapping certainly seems to have been well established when the Romans were around. Some people have even made a profession of it, notably the “claqueurs” of 19th-century France, who received money ...

Some clapping seems to be involuntary, such as when we clap our hands together when surprised or astonished. But much clapping is voluntary and intentional, such as when we choose to applaud ...

Understanding the physics of hand clapping, Fu says, could help develop methods to identify people by their claps — for example, allowing users to log into a device based on their unique clap.

It starts with a single neighbor clapping. Soon dozens more join in, throwing open their front doors or hanging from their windows to put their hands together and say “wooooo.” ...

Hold your applause, please. The University of Oxford has voted to nix clapping in favor of “silent jazz hands” at their future commencement ceremonies to show solidarity with the hearing-impaired.

One readily noticeable pathognomonic trait of autism is hand-flapping—a stereotyped motor movement that can look a bit like an attempt to accelerating the drying of nail polish. Not all with ...