In my family, changing the lyrics to “If You’re Happy and You Know It Clap Your Hands” is essential to the song. Whiny, grumpy, snotty, and even verklempt substitute quite nicely for “happy.” Making ...

The Shins reveal secret to superior song-clapping: Watch the 'Funny or Die' video here Good thing you’ve got James Mercer of the Shins to show you how it’s done. In a new Funny or Die video, the indie ...

A researcher in Israel conducted the first study of hand-clapping songs, revealing a direct link between those activities and the development of important skills in children and young adults, ...

Please put your hands together and give a round of applause for the cheapest and most widely used rhythmic device in music What is it? To paraphrase an ancient proverb, it is the sound of two hands ...

What makes us clap more for some performances than others? You'd think it's obvious: The better the show, the more applause. Think again. Guest host Linda Wertheimer explores how and why applause ...

WERTHEIMER: But what makes us clap more for some performances than others? You'd think it's obvious: the better the show, the more applause. Think again. New research at Uppsala University in Sweden ...