Effectiveness, Attractiveness, and Emotional Response to Voice Pitch and Hand Gestures in Public Speaking

Some non-verbal cues, such as voice pitch and gestures, can influence the individual's emotional response to different messages. For this reason, communication be understood language of emotion, while content is ideas. But research question here what hand gesture strategies are more effective, attractive, elicit a stronger response. To answer question, study analyzes some in public discourses. In experiment, 120 participants were exposed presentations with three conditions for (few, medium, many variations) gestures (smooth, strong intensity). Then, they rated effectiveness attractiveness levels self-report arousal valence their was registered. Physiological measured electrodermal activity (EDA) facial expression recognition. Participants perceived medium variations intensity most effective attractive highest self-reported valence. The combination that elicited strongest autonomic variations-strong gestures. Finally, positive happiest many-strong.