August 6, 2007

Gesture More

What are gestures all about anyway.  It's not communication, but helping memory it seems

Gestures Convey Message: Learning in Progress

These are the kinds of gestures that offer a window on the murky link between body and mind, and which in recent years have given rise to an International Society for Gesture Studies, a scientific journal (aptly named Gesture) and a newsletter called Manufacts.

"I've really been struck by how sophisticated and focused the field has become," said David McNeil, a professor emeritus of psychology and linguistics at the University of Chicago, the hotbed of gesture studies where Cook did her seminal work on the educational value of gestures. "It's really gaining momentum very rapidly."

If you want people to understand and learn from what you are saying, gesture more.  If you want to remember something, gesture more.

Posted by Jill Fallon at August 6, 2007 4:13 PM | Permalink
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