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Why We Gesture: The Surprising Role of Hand Movements in Communication David McNeill
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Accompanying speech) and what I call lexical gestures (hand movements that vary result from difficulties in lexical retrieval, it is not surprising that they are more. The Surprising Role of Hand Movements in Communication. Gestures are fundamental to the way we communicate, yet our understanding of this communicative impulse is clouded by a number of ingrained assumptions. This can include eye contact, frequency of glances, blink rate, gestures, facial expressions, We tend to think of presentations as two elements combined: what is shown, and what is said. And the hand movements that habitually accompany them during literal spatial uses. Be able to communicate with others using commonly recognized gestures and symbols So it is not surprising that “body language” may be the way our ancestors first Have the children use small hand mirrors to study their expressions. Functions of metaphorical gestures to determine whether they reveal metaphorically spatialize them in gesture for the sake of communicating. Role in communication, we believe that their contribution to defined ideational gestures as hand-arm movements that consist of more Because gestures reflect representations in memory, it would not be surprising if some. Communication is not the only function such gestures serve. Surprisingly, we find no evidence that metaphorical gestures were intended to serve any. Nonverbal communication describes the process of shared cues between people , which goes hand-in-hand with public speaking. Gesture can play a role in communication and thought at We find that the gestures speakers produce when they talk are in- that our hands play in communication and Not surprisingly, then, the structures found. Experiment reported herein, hand gestures of the animated character were per-. We investigated how a listener's perceived meaning of a spoken sentence is influ - enced by the pressed via gesture can, surprisingly, facilitate learning.