Wave your hands and think of Astronomy….
Here’s a short video presentation in which it is demonstrated that astronomers like to move their hands while talking. It’s frightfully amusing, but I can’t help thinking it would have been even better if the musical accompaniment had been, well, musical. Anyway, keep watching until 2:17 or thereabouts and you’ll see that I have a small part.
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October 12, 2011 at 9:38 am
I edited out your small part – thought it was safest to keep the view from the shoulders up.
October 12, 2011 at 11:00 am
I’ve never noticed before that my office is that crazy psychedelic red colour.
October 12, 2011 at 10:46 am
Does anybody know what body-language experts think about moving hands vs still hands while giving an exposition?
October 12, 2011 at 10:56 am
Do flashers do jazz hands?
Sorry, that was my brain’s response to reading Anton’s comment straight after Edward’s